Ukraine Drones Strike Russian Oil Facilities; Russia Claims 127 Drones Downed

Russia's oil infrastructure faced overnight drone attacks, with regional officials reporting damage to a tanker and an oil refinery in Taganrog, and an oil depot in Armavir. Fires at the Taganrog sites were extinguished, and two individuals sustained injuries, according to Rostov regional governor Yury Slyusar. A local state of emergency in Taganrog has been extended.

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Fires on the tanker and in the port of Taganrog... had been extinguished, with no oil spill reported. Two people were injured, he said.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces intercepted 127 Ukrainian drones during the night. In the Krasnodar region, an oil depot fire in Armavir was brought under control without any reported injuries. Governor Slyusar noted that nearly 50 drones were downed in his region alone, with attacks occurring across the province bordering Ukraine.

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Almost 50 drones had been downed in his region, with attacks reported across the province, which borders Ukraine's Donbas, the focus of fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukraine's drone forces commander confirmed strikes on Taganrog and an oil depot in Feodosiya, Crimea. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged the strike on the Armavir oil facility, stating, "We are rightfully bringing the war back to where it came from." He added, "So another facility of Russia’s oil industry has been reached – Armavir, Krasnodar Krai."

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We are rightfully bringing the war back to where it came from. Russia could have ended its aggression long ago, but instead chose to prolong and continue it. So another facility of Russia’s oil industry has been reached – Armavir, Krasnodar Krai.