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Updated: Thousands flee Karabakh to Armenia, death toll rises in fuel depot blast

Medics assist a person injured in an explosion at a fuel depot near Stepanakert in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, at the National Burn Center in Yerevan, Armenia, on 26th September, 2023.

Updated: 12:30pm (AEST) Near Kornidzor, Armenia Reuters Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads on Tuesday to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a departure blighted by an explosion at a fuel depot that killed dozens and injured more than 100. The crisis prompted the US Agency for International Development to announce […]

Russia says Ukraine drone attack caused major Crimea fuel depot fire

Smoke rises over a fuel tank following an alleged drone attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, on 29th April, 2023.

Reuters A Ukrainian drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Saturday, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky in the latest attack on the Russia-occupied peninsula. The city’s Moscow-installed governor blamed Ukraine and later said the fire had been put out before […]