This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on April 1, 2022 shows a Rosneft fuel depot on fire in the town of Belgorod, some 40 kilometers from Russia's border with Ukraine. (HANDOUT / RUSSIAN EMERGENCIES MINISTRY / AFP)
MOSCOW / /KIEV – A fire broke out at an oil depot in the Russian city of Belgorod after two Ukrainian military helicopters attacked the fuel storage facility, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region, said Friday.
Ukraine and Russia will resume their peace talks on Friday in an online format, the Ukrinform news agency reported Thursday, citing a member of the Ukrainian delegation David Arakhamia
"The fire at the oil depot occurred as a result of an airstrike carried out by two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which entered the Russian airspace at a low altitude," Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
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All emergency services are on the scene, he said, adding that civilians are not in danger.
According to Gladkov, two oil depot workers were injured in the fire.
New round of peace talks
Ukraine and Russia will resume their peace talks on Friday in an online format, the Ukrinform news agency reported Thursday, citing a member of the Ukrainian delegation David Arakhamia.
During the talks, the Ukrainian and Russian delegations will intensify efforts to work out an agreement needed for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Arakhamia said on Telegram.
"We hope that the presidents of the countries will meet next," Arakhamia said, noting that the Ukrainian side insists that the meeting take place anywhere but Russia or Belarus.
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According to the TASS news agency, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that "as for the resumption (of the peace talks) tomorrow … if it happens, we will inform you."
There is no clear timeframe of a possible meeting between Putin and Zelensky, Peskov said.
"We said earlier that a meeting at the highest level should be preceded by the finalization of work on the text of the agreement, the approval and initialing of this text by high-ranking officials," he said.
