Again, Russia hits fuel depot in Ukraine as Belarus becomes staging area

Russian strikes in western and west-central Ukraine overnight hit another fuel depot in Zhytomyr.

The missiles came from Belarus, according to preliminary information.

“Last night there were two very powerful explosions near Zhytomyr,” said Serhii Sukhomlyn, mayor of the city in west-central Ukraine.

“People were frightened because the houses were actually shaking as if in an earthquake. The blow was not inflicted on Zhytomyr itself, but near the city. Now the situation in Zhytomyr is more or less calm,” he said.

The head of the Volyn regional military administration in western Ukraine, Yuriy Pohuliaiko said a missile struck a fuel depot and had been fired from neighboring Belarus, according to the military.

“I just got back from the scene,” Yuriy Pohuliaiko said in a post on Telegram. “I want to inform you that rescuers are still working at the site of the missile strike. As of now, there are no victims.”

The missile flew at a low altitude, eluding detection by radar, he said.

But western analysts have been pointing out how a larger percent of Russian strike are going wide off the mark.

Another fuel dump was destroyed during the weekend.