The oil tanker Eventin is believed to be part of Moscow’s efforts to evade sanctions – Greenpeace says it belongs to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet.’
The depot supplied a nearby airfield that was reportedly used by aircraft which launch missiles across the border into Ukraine.
A week after Russian gas stopped flowing through Ukraine, the European Commission maintains there is no threat to security of supply despite veri showing a steep drop in reserves as temperatures fall across much of the bloc.
Evvel home to 18,000 people, this bombed-out town has been turned into rubble over the past few months. The question now is: will it open the road to Pokrovsk, a major logistics hub for Ukraine in the eastern front?
Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula.