Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Strikes Gas Facility in Russia’s Orenburg Region
Zelenskyy said the strike was retaliation for Russian attacks and part of Ukraine’s campaign to hit energy and defense sites deep behind the front line.
- On Tuesday, May 12, Ukrainian drones struck a gas industry facility in Russia's Orenburg Oblast, targeting a site more than 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed in an evening address.
- Zelenskyy described the operation as 'long-range sanctions' aimed at disrupting Russian systems, following renewed Russian attacks after the Victory Day ceasefire ended on May 12.
- Falling debris from downed drones damaged a residential building, a school, and a kindergarten near the Strela defense plant, though Regional Governor Evgeny Solntsev claimed Russian air defenses repelled nine drones.
- Russia launched 216 drones overnight on May 12, killing six people in Dnipropetrovsk, as the three-day ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump concluded with renewed hostilities.
- Data from Bloomberg indicates strikes against Russian energy infrastructure reached a four-month high in April, with at least 21 attacks recorded on refineries, pipelines, and oil assets, disrupting Moscow's war funding.
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Ukraine strikes Russian gas facilities in Orenburg
Responding to Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory, the Ukrainian armed forces launched attacks on gas industry facilities in Russia’s Orenburg region. President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed the move in his nightly address to citizens on Tuesday, May 12, describing it as “long-range sanctions against Russia for strikes on Ukraine.” “In particular, in the Orenburg region, more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine, [we targeted] facilities of Russi…
Ukraine is increasing the number of air attacks on its neighbours. This could soon have consequences on the front, but the people in the Russian hinterland are also afraid.
Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones strike Russian gas facility over 1,500 kilometers from border, Zelensky says
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These are "long-range sanctions" in response to Russian attacks on Ukraine.
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