Ukraine's Zelenskyy confirms drone strike on refining facilities in Russia's Tyumen region
Ukraine said the strikes were part of a wider campaign to hit Russian fuel infrastructure as Russia faces shortages and refinery output falls to a 20-year low.
- On Saturday, Ukrainian forces struck four gas compressors in Russian-occupied Crimea and an oil refinery in the Siberian city of Tyumen, continuing Kyiv's campaign against Russia's energy sector.
- This operation aligns with Ukraine's "middle strike" campaign, using drones to hit targets 25 to 200 kilometers behind the front; Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on June 17 that Kyiv aims to turn the peninsula "into an island."
- Commander Robert Brovdi, known as "Madyar," released footage of drones hitting the Hlibivka gas facility, the Henichesk Strait bridge, and the Tavriiska Thermal Power Plant in Simferopol, alongside 13 other military facilities.
- Serhii Sternenko wrote that "local residents reported hearing at least two explosions" at the Tyumen refinery, though Regional Governor Aleksandr Moor claimed the facility was not damaged.
- Russia's oil output fell to a one-year low as the campaign intensifies; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks a "justified response" to strikes on Ukrainian cities, adding that "it is time to end this war.
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The drones managed to hit the Tyumen refinery, 1800 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The tension between Zelensky and Minsk increases.
Ukraine attacks trigger Russian fuel shortages
Ukraine is hammering Russia’s oil infrastructure, triggering fuel shortages and increasing gas prices.Ukrainian drones on Saturday struck a major oil refinery in western Siberia, more than 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, as Kyiv touted a new generation of long-range drones driving the campaign.The recent attacks on Russia’s energy network have knocked more than 20% of refining capacity offline, The Wall Street Journal reported.Russia…
Ukraine blasts Russian oil refinery over 2000km away in latest long-range blitz
Ukrainian drones have struck an oil refinery in Russia's Tyumen region, more than 1,200 miles from Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Kyiv steps up attacks on facilities that bankroll Moscow's war effort
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