Permission for the construction of tank farm near Kiev, in the vicinity of the stockpiles with weapons, gave the Ministry of defence in 2010, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk at a press conference on Thursday evening in Kiev region.

"You know that the base is built in close proximity to a military base where weapons, ammunition. It turned out that the Permission for the construction of the base was signed by the Ministry of defence in 2010 ", - quotes the Premier website

Secretary of Council of national security and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov on Thursday evening said that the fire at the oil depot in the Kiev region is located at the final stage. According to his statement, a tank farm was built by ex-President Viktor Yanukovych and was not issued properly.

Tank farm in Kyiv oblast is burning for a fourth day, on Thursday afternoon, the fire engulfed the 3 tanks with fuel from the 17 that were burning before. According to the summary data, lost his life five, damaged 18 people. Because of the fire military ammunition had to be evacuated from the military base, which is located very close to the territory of ignition.

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