Oil pipeline explosion reported in Russia's Rostov region

The affected pipeline served as a crucial link, transporting oil products from a local tank farm to tankers docked in the portside area of the "Azov Seaport," Kyiv Post website cited Ukraine's Military Intelligence as saying in a statement.

As a result of the explosion, the loading of tankers with petroleum products has been indefinitely suspended, Ukraine further claimed.

Intelligence sources further claimed that the targeted pipeline was utilized by Russia for military purposes.

MNA