Oil depot on fire as missiles hit town near Kyiv

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Russian missiles have hit the Ukrainian town of Vasylkiv southwest of the capital, Kyiv, setting an oil terminal ablaze, the town’s mayor said in a video posted online.

“The enemy wants to destroy everything around,” said the mayor, Natalia Balasinovich.

Photographs and video posted online showed large flames rising under the night sky.

Residents of the capital are urged to close windows, but many are already sheltering underground, Reuters reports.