US EditionUkraine Strikes Primorsk Oil Port and 2 Tankers, Zelenskyy Says
- On Sunday, Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's Primorsk port on the Baltic Sea, causing a fire that Leningrad regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said was quickly extinguished.
- Primorsk handles 1 million barrels of oil daily and is vital to Russia's energy exports; Ukraine is intensifying strikes on energy infrastructure to curb Kremlin revenues.
- Separately, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed Ukrainian forces struck two shadow fleet tankers near Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, saying, "These tankers had been actively used to transport oil — not anymore."
- Drone incursions violated airspace in Finland and Estonia overnight, while Moscow regional governor Andrei Vorobyov reported a 77-year-old man died Saturday as Russia faced 334 total drone attacks.
- Ukraine's armed forces reported their defenses downed 249 out of 268 Russian drone attacks, reflecting intensified strikes on Russian energy infrastructure as U.S.-brokered talks to end the war have stalled.
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The Ukrainian military has struck two ships of the Russian shadow fleet that were trying to dock in the Russian port of Novorossiysk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on the X network, adding a video showing one of the strikes. However, he did not specify when the attacks took place, what flag the tankers were flying, or the extent of their damage.
Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Primorsk oil port
Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Primorsk port and a number of vessels in the Baltic Sea on Sunday as part of a wave of attacks targeting Russian energy infrastructure. While Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes limit "Russia's war potential", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that global oil prices may rise further if Ukraine continues to hit Russian oil infrastructure.
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, said this Sunday that Ukrainian forces attacked and reached two Russian oil tankers in waters near the port of Novorosíisk, in the Black Sea, as part of their operations against the energy infrastructure linked to Moscow. Through his social media account, the president pointed out that the ships were part of the so-called “phantom float” of Russia, used, according to Kiev, to evade international sanc…
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