KYIV — An international oil pipeline running
through a key rebel-held city in eastern
Ukraine blew up on Friday, Russian
media said, with images showing a fireball lighting up the night sky.
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The blast rocked the Druzhba pipeline in the
Russian-backed separatist city of Lugansk,
Russia’s RIA Novosti state news
agency said.
The incident, the causes of which remain unclear,
occurred during a sharp escalation in fighting that has redoubled fears that
Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine.
The Druzhba pipeline runs from Russia to various
points in eastern and central Europe.
Images on
social media showed a bright orange
fireball lighting up the night sky.
Russian state media reported a second blast in
Lugansk less than an hour after the one that appeared to hit the pipeline.
Its causes were not immediately clear, but a social
media account associated the Lugansk separatists said the second blast hit a
petrol station on the city’s outskirts.
There were no immediate reports of casualties from
either blast.
The region around the city of Lugansk has witnessed
some of its heaviest fighting since the start of the year in the past two days.
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