US EditionUkraine strikes Russian refineries, Crimea oil depot, Baltic Sea port
Ukraine said the strikes hit four Russian oil facilities and 258 drones were intercepted, as Kyiv sought to curb Moscow’s war funding.
- On Saturday, April 18, 2026, Ukrainian drone forces struck two oil refineries in Samara, the Tikhoretsk oil terminal, the Baltic Sea port of Vysotsk, and a fuel depot in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to officials.
- Kyiv's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi stated the strikes were retaliation for a United States waiver renewed Friday, which allows Russia to sell sanctioned seaborne crude through May 16.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed its air defenses intercepted 258 drones overnight, though regional authorities reported fires at industrial facilities, including Tikhoretsk, where 224 personnel and 56 pieces of equipment responded.
- These attacks target revenue streams funding Moscow's war effort, as the International Energy Agency reported Russian energy revenues nearly doubled to $19 billion in March from $9.75 billion in February.
- Commander Brovdi labeled the United States policy "cynicism," warning the waiver carries a "price tag of Ukrainian lives." Russia's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev noted the extension affects 100 million barrels of oil.
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noticiasya.comUkraine attacked two Russian refineries and other key oil targets during the night of Saturday to Sunday, officials said. Attacks took place only a few hours after the United States granted Moscow another exemption for sale...
Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries hours after US waives sanctions on Moscow’s oil
Ukraine attacked two Russian refineries and other key oil targets overnight into Saturday, officials said, just hours after the United States granted Moscow another waiver on the sale of its sanctioned oil.
Ukraine strikes two Russian refineries, Baltic Sea port
Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia's oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara region and a Baltic Sea port that exports petroleum products, Russian local governors and a Ukrainian army official said.
Fires are raging at the sites of strikes. As part of the reduction of Russia's military and economic potential, on the night of April 18, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck four important Russian oil refining facilities. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Telegram channel of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Read also: Drones reached an oil refinery in the Samara region: explosions were heard in Novokuibyshevs…
On the night of April 18, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces immediately attacked four important objects of the oil refining industry of the Russian Federation.
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