Another Russian oil facility burns after Zelenskyy touts Ukraine’s drone reach
Another oil facility deep in Russia reportedly burned down on Wednesday, after the Ukrainian President claimed it was his country’s last incident. long range drone attack.
The facility is located in the Ural mountains in Russia’s Perm region, more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from Ukraine. The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, said it hit a Russian oil pumping station near the city of Perm as part of efforts to target Russia’s energy infrastructure.
Russian media also reported the attack, but Perm Governor Dmitry Makhonin said only that a drone had crashed into an unspecified industrial facility, causing a fire.
Russian officials have not been forthcoming about Ukrainian claims that Kiev is launching longer-range strikes and that domestically developed drones are increasingly accurate.
Advanced drone technology It became a defining feature of the war as Russia’s massive army pressed on. Occupation lasting more than four years your neighbour’s. Ukraine’s response included an effort to develop new unmanned aerial vehicles for offensive and defensive purposes.
Ukraine claims Russia hit an important oil hub
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday showing a huge cloud of black smoke rising into the sky over the countryside near the residential area. Without specifying whether it was the reported Perm attack or what was hit, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was expanding the scope of its long-range strikes and described them as a new phase in efforts to limit Russia’s ability to wage war. denying vital oil revenue.
It was not possible to independently verify the video.
The SBU claimed that most of the oil storage tanks at the facility, which it said belonged to Russia’s pipeline operator Transneft and was an important hub in the country’s oil transportation system, caught fire. The allegations could not be independently verified.
Zelenskyy thanked the SBU for the precision of its attacks.
“The straight line range is over 1,500 kilometers. We will continue to increase these ranges,” he said.
The attack came a day after the Ukraine shooting. Tuapse oil refinery and the establishment of a terminal on the Black Sea for the third time in less than two weeks, prompting the evacuation of local residents and threatening what Russian President Vladimir Putin said could have “serious environmental consequences.” Local officials said the fire in Tuapse was “under control” by Wednesday.
Ukrainian drones exploit Russia’s weak points
Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities in a bid to prevent Moscow from reaping financial windfalls from US sanctions relief caused by global supply constraints. Iran warAccording to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.
It was stated that Kiev took advantage of the weak points of Russia’s vast territory.
“Ukrainian forces will continue to use the deep rear and large attack surface of overstretched Russian air defenses to launch more frequent and larger attacks against Russia’s oil infrastructure and military assets, supported by increased Ukrainian domestic drone production,” the institute said in a statement late Tuesday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its air defenses intercepted 98 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions and Crimea that Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
Ukraine’s surplus arms can go to partner countries
Ukraine, which has relied heavily on foreign military support for years, is now preparing to export its sought-after drone know-how.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine produces up to a 50 percent surplus of some types of weapons.
He said in a statement on Telegram late Tuesday that military cooperation with countries in the Middle East, Gulf, Europe and the Caucasus, as well as with partners supporting Ukraine, was “already ongoing.”
According to Zelenskyy, the agreements cover the production and supply of software and technology, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles.
He said Kiev also offered the United States cooperation on unmanned aerial vehicles, defense systems and other types of weapons to be used in the air, on land and at sea.
Russia’s night attacks injured civilians
Meanwhile, regional officials said Russia had not eased its long-range attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine, which damaged homes and infrastructure.
Eight people were injured in an overnight attack in the northeastern Kharkiv region, the district prosecutor’s office said.
Authorities in the northeastern Sumy region said a 60-year-old woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of the attack.
According to the local government, Russian forces in the southern Odessa region hit Izmail, damaging the city’s infrastructure facilities. A district hospital building was damaged.
The Ukrainian air force announced that it shot down 154 of the 171 UAVs launched by Russia at night.
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