Ukrainian military says fuel depot fire in Sevastopol part of ‘preparations’ for counteroffensive

The attack on a fuel depot in Russian-annexed Sevastopol was part of the Ukrainian army’s “preparations” for a counteroffensive, according to Nataliya Gumenyuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

Gumenyuk said that the “enemy’s logisitics were undermined” and that the attack was carried out “in preparation for the broad, full-scale offensive that everyone expects.” According to Gumenyuk, the fuel depot fire allegedly caused the Russian military to try “to evacuate their families and leave Crimea themselves.”