Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Facilities, Officials Report Fires
Ukrainian drone strikes caused fires at oil facilities in Russia's Rostov and Krasnodar regions overnight into Saturday. Local officials attributed the blazes to falling drone debris. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted about the attacks on social media.
winnipegfreepress.comUkrainian drone strikes caused fires at more Russian oil facilities overnight into Saturday, local Russian officials said. Authorities in Russia's Rostov region said falling drone debris sparked a fire that damaged an oil depot and tanker in the port of Taganrog.
Officials in the neighboring Krasnodar region reported a fire breaking out at an oil depot in Armavir for the same reason. " "We are rightfully bringing the war back to where it came from," he wrote.
Ukraine has expanded its mid- and long-range strike capabilities, deploying drone and missile technology that it has developed domestically to battle Russia's 4-year-old invasion. Attacks on Russian oil assets that play a key part in funding the invasion have become almost daily occurrences.
For its part, Russia has used its long-range ballistic missiles to damage Ukraine's power grid and hammer cities. The Ukrainian capital is bracing for further heavy bombardments after what the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier this week would be upcoming "systemic strikes" on Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he's being "very persistent" in pressing the United States to provide his country with more Patriot air defense missiles that can counter devastating Russian ballistic missile attacks. The attacks on Russian oil infrastructure came a day after a Russian drone that was part of an attack on Ukraine went astray and struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people in the NATO member country.
The incursion added to concerns that the war could spread across the alliance's borders, and drew strong condemnation across Europe.
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