Explosion of Oil Pipeline in Western Ukraine

The governor of Ivano-Frankivsk, Svitlana Onyshchuk, announced an explosion of an oil pipeline in western Ukraine, resulting in nine injuries, including four children, and a large outbreak of fire. She posted on Telegram that four of the injured are still in critical condition. She added that the fire has been brought under control and the oil leak has been stopped. She stated, "We were informed that there was a loss of pressure in the pipeline, which led to a leak of petroleum products and the outbreak of a fire that spread to a house." Photos published on Ukrainian social media showed large clouds of smoke billowing into the sky from the site of the incident.