Ukrainian forces struck oil and fuel infrastructure in Russia and occupied Crimea as Moscow said it intercepted hundreds of drones during a major overnight attack.
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Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, officials from both countries said Monday, as Kyiv continued targeting energy infrastructure in an effort to impose economic costs on Moscow for the war.
Russia’s defense ministry said its forces shot down 310 Ukrainian drones overnight into Monday. The ministry said the drones were intercepted over areas including the Moscow region, western and southwestern Russia, Russian-occupied Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas.
Ukraine also reported a major Russian drone attack. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 155 drones at Ukraine, with Ukrainian air defenses shooting down or suppressing 124 of them.
Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces hit Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region overnight, including the Grushovaya oil transshipment base near Novorossiysk. The complex is one of southern Russia’s largest hubs for transshipping oil and petroleum products.
Russian regional authorities confirmed that a Ukrainian drone started a fire at the facility. They said there were no casualties. Officials did not detail the extent of the damage, but said 130 rescue workers and 39 pieces of equipment were used to fight the blaze.
Ukraine’s General Staff also said the Krasny Yar linear production and dispatching station in Russia’s Volgograd region was hit, causing a fire at the site. Russian Gov. Andrei Bocharov did not specify what the facility produces, but said no injuries were reported.
Ukrainian forces also carried out overnight strikes on oil sites in Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine’s General Staff said the Semykolodezkaya oil base was hit Sunday night, sparking a fire. The base is used to store fuel reserves supplying the Russian military, according to a statement posted on Telegram.
The General Staff said Ukrainian forces also struck an oil depot near Feodosia in Crimea.
The attacks were part of Ukraine’s broader campaign against Russian energy, logistics and military-support infrastructure. Kyiv has repeatedly targeted oil depots, refineries and fuel-storage facilities that it says support Russia’s war effort.
Separately, a Ukrainian drone struck a passenger train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol in occupied Crimea, according to Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-installed regional leader. Aksyonov said the train driver was injured and the driver’s assistant was killed.
He said no passengers were hurt.
Following the strike, all passenger train traffic in Crimea was halted. Russian operator Grand Service Express said on Telegram that passengers were evacuated and replacement buses were provided.
The overnight attacks showed the widening reach of Ukraine’s drone campaign, with strikes reported across Russia, occupied Crimea and key maritime areas. Russia’s reported interception of 310 drones and Ukraine’s report of 155 incoming Russian drones underscored the scale of the long-range drone war now shaping the conflict alongside ground fighting.
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