Ukrainian strikes hit fuel infrastructure and a historic building in Crimea

Ukrainian forces struck fuel trucks, refineries, depots, pipelines and tanker trucks supplying Crimea, according to multiple reports. Lines formed at gas stations in Simferopol on Friday as authorities limited sales to roughly five gallons per vehicle per week using prepaid coupons. The restrictions took effect at the end of May and were quickly exhausted.

Ukrainian forces struck fuel trucks along the land corridor through occupied territory last month, leaving dozens of vehicles burning. Strikes also hit the Chonhar Bridge this week, prompting Russian authorities to deploy pontoon bridges with limited capacity.

Oleksandr Nastenko, commander of the 475th Separate Assault Regiment, said the bridge attacks will continue to disrupt supplies to Russian forces in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged the shortages earlier this week and said measures were being taken. The business daily Kommersant reported that nearly 80 percent of hotel bookings were canceled in late May and early June. A Ukrainian drone also struck a historic Sevastopol building housing a panoramic painting of the 19th-century Crimean War defense, destroying the artwork, according to Sevastopol Mayor Mikhail Razvozhayev.

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reached its 1,569th day on Thursday. The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said long-range Ukrainian strikes are reducing Russia's fuel production while mid-range attacks are limiting its ability to move remaining supplies.