An oil depot on fire in Voronezh: it was hit by a Ka-52 helicopter

Massive fire has erupted at an oil depot in Russia's Voronezh. A video from the scene was published on social networks. Immediately after the fire started, one of the videos caught a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter flying away from the oil depot.

It is assumed that the helicopter has struck the tanks with petroleum products so that the fuel does not reach the mercenaries from the Wagner PMC. A large plume of thick black smoke is rising into the sky above the place of the fire, which can be seen from various corners of Voronezh and surrounding settlements.

Russian Ka-52 near the oil depot in Voronezh, June 24, 2023.

Footage from a video from social networks

A massive fire at an oil depot occurred against the background of the alleged passage of a convoy of various military equipment on the outskirts of Voronezh. Some cars had a Russian flag. Their affiliation is unknown.

The footage also captured the moment when the Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system fired a missile at a Russian Ka-52 helicopter in Voronezh, but it is unknown whether it was hit.

Reuters news agency, citing its own sources, reports on the seizure of military facilities in the regional center. There is no visual confirmation of this at the time of publication of the news on the network. Eyewitnesses report that the convoy passed the city and moved on towards Moscow.

A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Voronezh regions. A similar regime operates in Moscow and the Moscow region. As previously reported, on June 24, PMC Wagner blocked the city of Rostov-on-Don.

Mercenaries took control of the headquarters of the Southern Military District, the directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, as well as the military airfield Millerovo.

Armored vehicles in the center of Rostov, June 24, 2023

The owner of the PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin demands to hand over the Russian military leadership to him. On the evening of June 23, he accused the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of striking the rear positions of the PMC Wagner mercenaries. The owner of PMC Wagner said that 25,000 of his subordinates were starting the March of Justice against the military leadership of the Russian Federation.

In particular, against Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to neutralize the PMC Wagner mercenaries.

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation qualifies Prigozhin's actions as the organization of an armed rebellion.