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Ukrainian Strikes Hit Russia Oil Sites 06/08 06:17
Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine,
Ukrainian and Russian officials said on Monday, as part of their campaign aimed
at making Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and
occupied Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian officials said on Monday, as part of
their campaign aimed at making Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.
Russia's defense ministry said its forces shot down 310 Ukrainian drones
overnight into Monday, including over the Moscow region, western and
southwestern Russia, Russian-occupied Crimea, and the Black and Azov Seas.
Russia targeted Ukraine with 155 drones, of which Ukrainian air defenses
shot down or suppressed 124, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces had struck Russia's Krasnodar
Krai region overnight. The General Staff said the Grushovaya oil transshipment
base near Novorossiysk. The complex is one of the largest transshipment hubs in
southern Russia for oil and petroleum products.
Russian regional authorities confirmed a Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at
the facility, adding that there were no casualties. While they did not comment
on the extent of damage, they said 130 rescue workers and 39 pieces of
equipment were involved in putting out the blaze.
The Krasny Yar "linear production and dispatching station" in the Volgograd
region was also hit, the General Staff said. A fire broke out at the site,
according to the statement. Russian Gov. Andrei Bocharov didn't specify what
the facility produces, but said there were no injuries.
Ukraine also carried out strikes overnight in the Semykolodezkaya oil base
in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula on Sunday night, sparking a fire at
the facility.
The base is used to store fuel reserves supplying the Russian military,
according to the statement posted on Telegram.
Ukrainian forces also struck an oil depot near Feodosia in Crimea, the
General Staff said.
Separately, a Ukrainian drone overnight struck a passenger train from Moscow
to Simferopol in occupied Crimea, injuring the driver and killing the driver's
assistant, Kremlin-installed regional leader Sergei Aksyonov reported early
Monday.
Akysyonov added that no passengers were hurt.
But all passenger train traffic in Crimea was halted following the attack,
with passengers evacuated and replacement buses provided, Russian operator
Grand Service Express reported on Telegram that same morning.
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