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Ukrainian strikes hit oil sites in Russia and Crimea

Ukrainian drones hit major fuel sites and a train in occupied Crimea, with officials reporting fires, one death and halted passenger service.

  • On Monday, Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities across Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea, targeting the Grushovaya trans-shipment base near Novorossiysk and the Krasny Yar station in Volgograd to impose economic costs on Moscow.
  • The Grushovaya complex ranks among southern Russia's largest petroleum trans-shipment hubs, while the Krasny Yar facility serves as a critical "linear production and dispatching station" for energy distribution across the region.
  • Ukraine also struck the Semykolodezkaya oil base in Crimea overnight Sunday, sparking fires; a drone damaged a Moscow-to-Simferopol passenger train, killing the driver's assistant, Kremlin-installed regional leader Sergei Aksyonov reported early Monday.
  • Russia's Defence Ministry claimed its forces shot down 310 Ukrainian drones overnight into Monday, including over the Moscow region, Russian-occupied Crimea, and the Black and Azov Seas, with authorities reporting no casualties.
  • The strikes reflect escalating reciprocal operations; Russia targeted Ukraine with 155 drones, of which the Air Force shot down or suppressed 124, underscoring the intense air war's mutual toll.
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SSR hit a strategic oil pipeline hub in the Russian Federation and an oil depot in Crimea SSR hit an oil pipeline hub in the Volgograd region, a radar station and a Crimean oil depot. These strategic facilities provided logistics and control of the skies for the occupiers.

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