US EditionUkraine hits Russian oil rig in Caspian Sea for first time, official says
Ukrainian drones hit a major Russian oil platform, stopping production at over 20 wells to cut funding for Russia's war, marking the first Caspian Sea offshore strike.
- On Dec 11, Ukrainian aerial drones struck the Filanovsky oil platform in the Caspian Sea, halting production at the Lukoil-owned facility.
- Widening its maritime campaign, Ukraine targeted unregulated tankers last month transporting Russian oil through the Black Sea and struck refineries in European Russia.
- At least four drone strikes hit the platform, forcing extraction to stop at more than 20 oil and gas wells; three vessels were hit by sea drones in the last two weeks, and the Caspian Sea is more than 700km from Ukraine's nearest border.
- Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied involvement, Lukoil did not immediately reply to requests for comment, and Russia accused Ukraine of piracy and threatened to retaliate by cutting off Ukraine's maritime access.
- The Filanovsky field produces about 120,000 barrels per day, and the strikes fit a broader effort this year to undermine Russia's ability to finance its war in Ukraine.
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Long-range drones from the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have targeted the Filanovsky oil platform for the second time this week, and the Korchagin platform was also hit, Ukrinform reports, citing an SBU source.
The Ukrainian military has used drones to attack Russian oil platforms in the Caspian Sea for the second time this week, the UNIAN agency and the Ukrainska Pravda server reported on Friday, citing anonymous sources in the SBU.
According to the State of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "the units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces affected the capabilities of the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in the Iaroslavl region". It was not the only attack of the drones of Zelenski. The Ukrainian article hit Russia's energy infrastructure massively. The drones attacked a refinery and two Lukoil platforms in the Caspica Sea appeared for the first time in Romania TV.
Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities in Caspian Sea again, SBU source says
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) carried out a second drone strike this week on Russia's Vladimir Filanovsky oil production platform in the Caspian Sea, also hitting the nearby Korchagin platform, an SBU source said Dec. 12.
Long-range drones of the Special Operations Center “Alpha” of the SBU successfully attacked the oil production platform named after him for the second time this week. Filanovsky. As a result of the attack, production processes are suspended.
Ukraine’s landmark drone strike on Russian Caspian oil field raises stakes for Kazakhstan and regional energy security
Ukraine’s latest strike on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure was a landmark attack, military analyst Aleksey Kopytko says. SBU drones reached the Caspian Sea and hit Russia’s largest field there - a move that also touches Kazakhstan, which may now take a more cautious approach to joint projects with Moscow. Ukraine imposed sanctions against LUKOIL’s production platform at the Vladimir Filanovsky oil and gas condensate field in the Caspian Sea.…
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