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Ukraine Drones Strike Russian Refineries

Ukraine Drones Strike Russian Refineries

Ukraine’s Security Service conducted a major drone operation hitting two refineries in the Samara region and a petroleum export port near St. Petersburg.

Local Russian governors reported fires at the facilities, while Ukraine claimed the strikes also damaged three naval ships in Crimea.

Simultaneously, Russia launched a massive 219-drone assault on Ukraine, causing widespread blackouts and damaging port infrastructure in Odesa.

The escalating 'energy war' comes as Kyiv launches a specialized Russian studies program to better understand its wartime adversary.

Ukraine Juan Antonio Segal, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ukraine
Country in Eastern Europe
Russia
Country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Odesa
City in southwestern Ukraine, administrative center of Odesa Oblast and Odesa Raion
Crimea
Eastern European peninsula, in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, disputed between Ukraine (de jure) and Russia (de facto)
Vysotsk
Town in Russia