Fire breaks out at Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus

The incident was reported by the Ministry of Emergencies of Belarus.

The fire occurred at the gasoline production unit of the Mozyr Oil Refinery. Rescuers quickly eliminated the fire.

"Rescuers extinguished the flare from the valve of the gasoline production unit on the territory of Mozyr Oil Refinery OJSC in Mozyr, Gomel Region. No one was injured," the statement said.

The cause of the fire is being established.

• Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence stated that a Russian subversive group was planning a terrorist attack in residential areas of the Belarusian city of Mozyr to draw Belarus into the war against Ukraine. The mercenaries from the Russian PMCs controlled by Prigozhin and Shoigu are set to carry out the operation, which will be portrayed as “retaliatory action” by Ukrainians. Mozyr, it should be noted, also has an oil refinery.

• According to the deputy head of the SBU in 2014-2015, Major General Viktor Yahun, panic gripped Mozyr. In response, local residents formed voluntary people's militias to search for potential saboteurs within the city.

• On August 4, the SBU uncovered a plan by Russia to stage a terrorist attack at an oil refinery in Belarus to blame Ukraine and drag Minsk into the war. The Russian subversive group, which consists of career military officers, is to be under the cover of Wagner mercenaries and will be disguised as Ukrainian saboteurs.