Ukraine says it hits more Russian fuel tankers as Crimea campaign intensifies
- Ukraine's Security Service struck the Cherkasy linear production dispatch station in the Republic of Bashkortostan overnight on July 8, hitting a key node of the Transneft-Ural pipeline system roughly 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
- Following a standing directive from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to degrade Russia's military-economic potential, the strike occurred during one of the most intensive overnight drone raids on Russian oil infrastructure to date.
- Operating a tank farm with capacity exceeding 385,000 cubic meters, the facility handles almost two million tons of petroleum products annually; military officials reported about 50 enemy energy hubs hit since month's start.
- Gazprom reported that Ukrainian drones struck the Krasnodarskaya compressor station on the evening of July 7, describing the incident as an attempt at "disrupting the uninterrupted supply of Russian gas to Turkey."
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised these attacks with Ankara during the NATO summit, while State Duma member Sergey Altukhov condemned the incident as "energy terrorism" against Turkey and Russia.
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Ukraine escalates attacks on tankers near Crimea as Russia faces fuel shortages
Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian fuel tankers in the Sea of Azov, seeking to disrupt supplies to occupied Crimea at a time when drone strikes have triggered nationwide gasoline shortages. Ukraine’s drone force commander Robert Brovdi, known as Magyar, said via Telegram that 14 Russian ships were hit in the Sea of...
Ukrainian drones strike Russian fuel tankers in the Azov Sea, exposing gaps in Russian defenses
Drones operated by the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) have struck another group of Russian fuel tankers in the Azov Sea, setting several vessels ablaze, according to the group's online scoreboard. Fighters reported 15 confirmed hits on Russian ships on July 9 and quickly updated their results overnight into July 10. The question remains: how are SBS drones conducting long-range operations against Russian targets up to 300-600 kilometers away? The…
After cutting off Russia's roads and bridges to Crimea, Ukraine has stepped up attacks on ships carrying fuel to the occupied peninsula. In recent days, more than 30 tankers have been attacked by drones in the Sea of Azov. The ships' ability to defend themselves is limited, according to military expert Johan Huovinen.
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