{"id":1346151,"date":"2022-02-26T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T21:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346151"},"modified":"2022-02-26T21:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T02:22:53","slug":"massive-explosions-rock-ukraine-as-russia-unleashes-furious-airstrikes-destroys-gas-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-explosions-rock-ukraine-as-russia-unleashes-furious-airstrikes-destroys-gas-pipelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Explosions Rock Ukraine As Russia Unleashes Furious Airstrikes, Destroys Gas Pipelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassive-explosions-rock-ukraine-as-russia-unleashes-furious-airstrikes-destroys-gas-pipelines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/7.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Massive explosions rocked cities and surrounding areas across Ukraine late on Saturday night and into the early morning hours on Sunday as Russian military forces unleashed a furious air campaign intent on taking over key parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2022\/feb\/26\/russia-ukraine-latest-news-fighting-kyiv-zelenskiy-assault-putin-capital\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Reports are filtering in that a\u00a0gas pipeline is on fire\u00a0in\u00a0Kharkiv after a Russian attack. In\u00a0Vasylkiv, central Ukraine, an\u00a0oil terminal has also reportedly been targeted, according to the National News Agency of\u00a0Ukraine and later verified by CNN. Video of the fire at the oil storage area southwest of the air base\u2019s main runway has circulated across social media this morning. Vasylkiv is about 30km, or 18 miles, south of Kyiv. It hosts a large military airfield and multiple fuel tanks. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Illia Ponomarenko, a reporter for the Kyiv Independent, says the population in the area has been advised to keep their windows shut against hazardous chemical fumes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe missile attack was carried out on the Vasilkovskaya oil depot of the KLO company,\u201d Anton Gerash, an adviser to the the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said. \u201cRescuers have already left for the scene of the tragedy. Most likely, there were no casualties. It will burn for a long time. The environmental damage will be colossal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian missile strikes in Vasylkiv just south of Kyiv caused an enormous fire at an oil depot,\u201d Christopher Miller, a correspondent with BuzzFeed News, reported. \u201cConfirmed by city mayor and central government authorities who are advising people to close their windows because of toxic smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian missile strikes in Vasylkiv just south of Kyiv caused an enormous fire at an oil depot. Confirmed by city mayor and central government authorities who are advising people to close their windows because of toxic smoke. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dofjtSIenF\">pic.twitter.com\/dofjtSIenF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristopherJM\/status\/1497732567054749696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"uk\" dir=\"ltr\">\u041a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0420\u0430\u0434\u0456\u043e \u0421\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0440&#8217;\u044f\u043d \u041a\u0443\u0448\u043d\u0456\u0440 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryanKushnir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MaryanKushnir<\/a>, \u044f\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0456\u043a \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u044f \u0432\u0438\u0431\u0443\u0445\u0443, \u043a\u0430\u0436\u0435, \u0449\u043e \u0437\u0432\u0443\u043a \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0433\u0443\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NykvpNQPdK\">pic.twitter.com\/NykvpNQPdK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0420\u0430\u0434\u0456\u043e \u0421\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0430 (@radiosvoboda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/radiosvoboda\/status\/1497720330244304903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"uk\" dir=\"ltr\">\u041c\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0432\u0438\u0431\u0443\u0445\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0444\u0442\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0437\u0456 \u0443 \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nNYheU9kIZ\">pic.twitter.com\/nNYheU9kIZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0420\u0430\u0434\u0456\u043e \u0421\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0430 (@radiosvoboda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/radiosvoboda\/status\/1497721221911306241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The footage shows a gas pipeline on fire in Kharkiv after a Russian attack. <\/p>\n<p>Video: State Special Communications Service of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/owuSoKqoFA\">pic.twitter.com\/owuSoKqoFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivIndependent\/status\/1497728382875938816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"uk\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0423 \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0445 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043b\u0456\u0432 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0444\u0442\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0437\u0430<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xboroVGkyH\">https:\/\/t.co\/xboroVGkyH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IxcZrDiZZ3\">pic.twitter.com\/IxcZrDiZZ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ukrinform (@UKRINFORM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKRINFORM\/status\/1497727467267760132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An oil depot in Vasilkiv near Kyiv is on fire after bombardment by Russian missiles. People are warned to close their windows against toxic smoke <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rbHEAy6XH4\">https:\/\/t.co\/rbHEAy6XH4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UiMxpAqM0X\">pic.twitter.com\/UiMxpAqM0X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASLuhn\/status\/1497723767606239234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukraine\u2019s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection says part of a gas pipeline was destroyed in Kharkiv. This was *NOT* a nuclear blast, though the explosion created a mushroom cloud. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCt8QfmRTe\">https:\/\/t.co\/VCt8QfmRTe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G14rgjMr9I\">pic.twitter.com\/G14rgjMr9I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRothrock\/status\/1497751932567494657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massive explosions rocked cities and surrounding areas across Ukraine late on Saturday night and into the early morning hours on Sunday as Russian military forces unleashed a furious air campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1346151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}