Russian strikes kill four in Kramatorsk as Ukraine hits oil sites

Russian aerial bombs struck residential buildings, a shop and private homes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Friday, killing four people including a teenager and injuring nine others. Regional governor Vadym Filashkin posted on Telegram that seven bombs hit the city. Rescue teams and medical workers responded at the sites.

Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure Ukraine's military said it hit two major Russian oil refineries, an oil terminal and a depot, as well as ten tankers in the Sea of Azov. The Ilsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region caught fire, and the Ust-Luga oil refining complex in the Leningrad region was also struck.

An oil terminal and an oil depot in the Rostov region were attacked, causing explosions and fire. Drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said the ten tankers were among almost 50 fuel-carrying vessels damaged this week.

Russian response and fuel export ban Russia's deputy prime minister said Ukrainian drone strikes on energy infrastructure are causing fuel shortages. He stated that Moscow's temporary ban on gasoline and diesel fuel exports aims to stabilize the situation.

Authorities are seeking to ensure additional fuel deliveries to Russian regions, the deputy prime minister added. More than 50 million people, almost a third of Russia's population, have been affected by the fuel crisis, Al Jazeera's Yulia Shapovalova reported from Moscow.