Ukraine says Russia "changed tactics", launched missiles at a series of oil depots

 Ukraine accuses Russia of launching missiles at oil depots in various places, a move Kiev suspects that Moscow seems to want to cause a shortage of oil supplies for the Ukrainian military.


Dailymail on March 28 reported, sirens sounded in many areas in Kiev late last night when Russian Kalibr cruise missiles hit strategic positions in the northwestern city of Lutsk, also such as Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Rivne and Kiev.


The two missiles hit their target in Lutsk just 15 minutes apart at around 10:30 p.m. last night, before local authorities confirmed a large oil depot had burst into flames.


Videos and photos show the fire raging around the oil depot.


Ukraine's military advises civilians to stay in bunkers.


Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko said that the missile launches appeared to be a new Russian strategy to remove Ukraine's gasoline and oil reserves to make it difficult for Kiev's army, in the context of hostilities entering the week. Thursday.


Lutsk is located more than 100 km from Lviv - one of the cities in Western Ukraine near the Polish border. Lviv was also launched by a rocket last weekend. Russian fire hit oil and fuel tankers. About five people were injured in the incident.


Security guard Yaroslav Prokopiv said: "I fell to the ground when the rocket launched. The ground shook as if an earthquake was happening."

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