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Ukraine to conduct preemptive attacks on facilities Russia uses for war, Zelenskyy says
On Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukraine will conduct preemptive strikes against facilities Russia uses to sustain its war effort, aiming to disrupt infrastructure fueling the conflict.
As Russia faces a deepening fuel crisis, Kyiv's strikes target energy assets; petroleum production dropped 13.5% in May and the Moscow oil refinery remains offline for at least six months.
Wednesday's attacks knocked out power in Crimea's largest city, while drone debris caused fires at the Poltavskaya oil depot in Russia's southern Krasnodar region on Thursday.
Signal relay stations in Belarus used by Russian drones stopped working on June 22, days after Zelenskiy warned President Alexander Lukashenko to disable them, though their status remains unconfirmed.
Denmark committed to supplying 15,000 artillery rounds as part of its $11bn military aid package through 2028, while Russia is redeploying air defense assets to protect President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Valdai.
After Ukrainian attacks on the southern Russian Krasnodar region, an oil store is reported to burn. Russia reports 269 drone fires at night on Thursday
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