- Ukrainian drones hit a strategic oil refinery in Yaroslavl and caused a fire.
- In Čerepovce, in the north of Russia, drones damaged a plant for phosphate fertilizers.
- In the Crimea, there was a serious attack on Sevastopol with extensive material damage.
On the night of Sunday, Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery, a chemical plant in Russia, as well as several military facilities on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. These attacks claimed at least one victim, the AFP and DPA agencies reported. Ukrainian army during the attack in the city Yaroslavl in the northeast of the European part of Russia hit a local refinery, where a fire subsequently broke out. The extent of the damage is still being assessed.
The affected refinery is described as strategically important and is one of the key facilities of the Russian oil processing industry with a capacity of approximately 15 million tons of oil per year. Another attack was reported from the Vologda region north of Moscow. According to regional governor Georgy Filimonov, Ukrainian drones hit a plant for the production of phosphate fertilizers in the city of Cherepovets.
The fertilizer production industry in Russia brings significant foreign exchange earnings to the state. Ukrainian According to Kyiv, attacks on the oil, fertilizer and weapons sectors are intended to cause economic damage and limit the financing of the war. she reminded AFP.
Ukrainian drones also hit the Crimean peninsula, where a Russian naval base is located. The Russian-appointed governor of the city of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, described the night attack on the city as one of the most serious so far. He stated that there were in various parts of the port city 34 apartment buildings, as well as family houses and cars, were damaged. They caused the wreckage of the drones local fires and damaged the overhead line of the railway, leading to train delays.
Ukrainian security service SBU in its statement on the night attacks, it said that its special forces carried out an attack on a naval base in Sevastopol in which they were two landing craft and command centers damaged.
According to the SBU, a separate attack on the nearby Belbek airbase resulted in the destruction of a MiG-31 fighter and technical equipment. The Russian side did not comment on these attacks and their independent verification was not possible, AFP noted. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and is using it to launch attacks against Ukraine after the start of the invasion in February 2022. Ukraine responds with counterattacks.
