Ukrainian drone strike kills 1, injures 3 in southern Russia; terminal damaged

A Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's southern Krasnodar region on Saturday killed one person and injured three, according to local officials. The attack damaged a Black Sea export terminal in the village of Volna, causing a fire, Russian news outlets reported.

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Drone debris sparked a fire at a sea terminal.

While Ukraine's General Staff did not immediately comment on the Krasnodar incident, they stated that their forces had targeted an oil preparation and pumping station in Russia's Volgograd region overnight. Additionally, Ukrainian forces reportedly struck Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine's Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

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our forces had hit an oil preparation and pumping station overnight in Russia's Volgograd region, as well as Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine's Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

This incident follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent announcement of successful strikes on military and energy infrastructure sites deep within Russia. Zelenskyy claimed that Ukrainian long-range missiles hit a military factory in Cheboksary, over 900 kilometers from the front line, which supplied components for Russian drones and missiles.

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Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo long-range missiles had hit the facility in Cheboksary, in the Chuvashiya region, more than 900 kilometers (560 miles) from the front line.

The conflict, now over four years old, has seen largely static front lines, leading both sides to increasingly rely on long-range strikes. Russia, in turn, has vowed to strengthen its air defenses following recent Ukrainian attacks on an oil terminal and naval base in St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks injured nine people and set fire to a local marketplace.

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vowed to strengthen air defenses