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Ukrainian strikes start fires at oil facilities in Russia and Crimea, officials say
Daily Russian attacks have intensified in recent months and Ukraine has hit back with its own drone strikes further into Russian territory, saying these are mainly against military and energy facilities.
Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Crimea, Ukrainian and Russian officials said, as part of Kyiv’s campaign to make Moscow pay an economic price for the full-scale invasion
Ukraine’s General Staff said forces had struck Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region overnight, hitting 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 were involved in putting out the blaze.
Asked whether the Kremlin is worried about the fuel crisis in occupied Crimea, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the Energy Ministry and other agencies are working on a set of measures to respond to the situation.
“There are indeed certain problems at the moment,” Peskov said. “Measures are being taken.”
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 Governor 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.
Strikes near Kharkiv
Russian strikes killed three people and wounded 10 others in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, its governor said early on Tuesday.
"The enemy has hit the city of Chuguiv," Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on Telegram, adding that three people had been killed.
"The strikes caused fires and damaged at least 18 vehicles; windows were blown out and building facades damaged in residential multi-storey buildings," Synegubov said.
Separately, Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov reported 10 people were wounded in his city.
Daily Russian attacks that claim civilian lives have intensified in recent months and Ukraine has hit back with its own drone strikes further into Russian territory, saying these are mainly against military and energy facilities.
According to a UN estimate published in April, at least 15,850 civilians have been killed in Ukrainian zones since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
More than 2,800 civilians have died in Russian-controlled zones, according to the UN toll, which added that more than 44,800 have been wounded in Ukrainian and Russian-occupied zones.
Sanctions on Russia
Meanwhile, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said a new proposed round of sanctions against Russia includes 80 listings targeting Russia’s “military industrial complex, human rights violators and propagandists.”
Kaja Kallas told a news conference after a meeting of EU defence ministers on Monday that Western sanctions have already cost Moscow an estimated $1.2-1.5 trillion (€1.04-1.3).
Kyiv hit Russian military plant using Ukrainian-made Flamingo missile, Zelenskyy says
Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to continue Kyiv’s strikes deep inside Russia in response to attacks on Ukraine, but also a way of forcing the Kremlin into direct talks.
Kyiv used Ukrainian-made Flamingo missiles to strike a Russian military facility which supplies Moscow forces with components for drones and missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Wednesday.
“We continue to apply Ukrainian long-range sanctions against Russian military facilities and the oil industry,” Zelenskyy said on X as he shared the video purporting to show a missile flying toward its target and plumes of smoke rising over Russian facilities.
“In particular, last night Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingos struck a military plant in Cheboksary that supplies the occupier’s army with components for drones and missiles.”
Cheboksary is the main city in Russia's central Chuvashia region, located around 1,000 kilometres away from the Ukrainian border.
The regional governor, Oleg Nikolayev, confirmed the city had been hit.
"Early this morning, Cheboksary came under rocket attack. We are working to determine the number of casualties and the extent of damage to infrastructure," Nikolayev said on Telegram without providing more details.
Local media outlets reported that the Ukrainian strike hit the VNIIR-Progress plant that produces antennas for drones. Ukraine's General Staff also confirmed this target.
Sanctioned by Ukraine, the US and the European Union the VNIIR-Progress plant produces satellite navigation receivers and Kometa antennas used in Shahed-type attack drones, Kalibr cruise missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and guided aerial bombs.
The attack on Cheboksary was part of a broader Ukrainian attack that also struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia's Samara region, more than 900 km from the front line, as well as two oil infrastructure facilities in Russia's Vladimir region, 700 km away.
The Kuibyshev oil refinery processes around 3.7 million tonnes of oil annually and supplies fuel products used by Russia's military-industrial sector and armed forces.
Flamingo missile made in Ukraine
Ukraine has developed its own missile called Flamingo but its use remains relatively rare.
First shown to the world in August 2025, the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile is reported to have a strike range of up to 3,000 km and a warhead weight of up to 1,100 kg
Flamingo's parent company Fire Point said earlier in June that it has conducted a test flight of a ballistic missile that will serve as the foundation of a project to create a missile air defence system.
The FP7.X is the interceptor variant of Fire Point's FP7 ballistic missile, which is currently in development and which the company says will also be able to attack ground targets.
The missile itself is only one component of an air defence system. Analysts say its most complex parts are the ground radar network and the targeting system in the missile.
But Fire Point management said the project’s goal is to create a unified pan-European secure air and missile defence system.
Fire Point's co-owner Denys Shtilierman said few week ago that the company was in talks with unnamed European companies to launch a new air defence system capable of downing supersonic ballistic missiles by the end of next year, creating a low-cost alternative to the US-made Patriot.
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