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An area the size of 25 miles around the depot has been closed for flights.<br\/><br\/>Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak claimed at a briefing that the fire had likely been staged by Russian or separatist saboteurs who probably used a drone. Poltorak said there was no immediate word on casualties.<br\/><br\/>The separatist authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk have rejected Poltorak&#8217;s accusations, arguing in statements carried by the Interfax news agency that the blaze was likely rooted in corruption and incompetence among the Ukrainian military.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a fire at the same arsenal in 2015, but the military managed to quickly put it out before munitions started detonating. 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