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By the morning, a column of thick, black smoke could be seen billowing over the fuel depot.Local residentsidentified the site as the
state-owned fuel depot Atlas, according to the Telegram news channel Astra
Earlier reports in Russian media said the depot had supplied fuel to the Russian military during drills.There was no immediate comment from
the second on the Atlas depot this month, with a previous attack on Aug
3 also setting oil tanks at the site ablaze.The latest incident also comes as another state-owned oil facility in the Rostov region
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