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Russia’s INF Treaty Violations Raise Nuclear Alarm for U.S., NATO

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Russia’s INF Treaty Violations Raise Nuclear Alarm for U.S., NATO Fuel depot blaze in Ukraine kills five Tuesday June 9 th , 2015  at  3:53 PM 1 Share VASYLKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A massive fire at a Ukrainian fuel depot killed five people on Tuesday, officials said, including three firemen who went missing after the flames triggered a powerful explosion. The fire burned overnight and by morning had spread to at least 16 tanks, most of them storing petrol. That sent a pall of black smoke over the area around the depot near Vasylkiv, 30 km (19 miles) from Kiev. The depot's owners said they suspected arson. "Firemen have the situation ... under total control," top security official Oleksander Turchynov said in a statement. There was no longer any threat of the blaze spreading and emergency services were putting out remaining fires in the depot, he said. Entire oil tanks were consumed in the flames, which emergency services ha