Ethnic Uzbeks have seized the largest oil depot in southern Kyrgyzstan and are threatening to blow it up unless the interim government provides security for them to leave safely, the Daily Telegraph reports on its website Wednesday.

Uzbeks constructed barricades around the terminal, a facility in Nariman village, just outside of Osh , which stores most of the gasoline distributed to the region, the U.K. paper reports.

However, even though Kyrgyz military is positioned to retake the depot, the Uzbeks have requested an escort by Russian or international forces, claiming that they don't trust Kyrgyz security forces, the report says.

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