Flames lit up the night sky over Russia in the early hours of this morning after two huge explosions in the city of Bryansk in what is suspected to be a Ukrainian missile strike, writes dailymail.co.uk.

Emergency services confirmed that a fire was raging at the Transneft-Druzhba Oil Depot and a second, unnamed, facility nearby which is thought to be a military base containing oil storage tanks. Crews were dispatched around 2am to tackle the fires, a press release said.

Bryansk, which is located around 70 miles from the Ukrainian border, serves as a logistical hub for Russian forces currently fighting for control over Ukraine"s eastern Donbas region while the Druzhba pipeline is the main route through which Russian oil reaches European countries.