Ukraine hits oil refinery in Crimea, Krasnodar in Russia | News of the Russia-Ukraine war

Crimea’s Moscow-based leader says four people have been killed in a drone attack on the Black Sea island.

At least four people have been killed in Drone attacks in Ukraine on the Crimea who hit oil depots and fuel stations which Russia uses to supply its power, Russian establishment officials say.

Crimea’s Moscow-based leader, Sergey Aksyonov, said at least 28 people were injured in the attack on Sunday night.

Separately, authorities in Russia’s Krasnodar region, east of Crimea, said an attack by a Ukrainian jet on an oil tanker killed one person on a passenger boat and set the oil tanker on fire.

The Russian Defense Ministry said 239 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine hit an oil storage facility in the Crimean city of Kerch and an oil refinery in Krasnodar.

Massive explosions and fires in different parts of Crimea were reported on social media.

Telegraph Channel Krymsky Veter reported a fire at an oil storage facility in Kerch, a port on the eastern side of the peninsula, and a large cloud of smoke over the city.

Russian authorities closed the bridge connecting Kerch and Krasnodar to traffic at night.

Oil shortage in Crimea

Ukraine It has recently increased its airstrikes in Crimea, home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, targeting supply routes to the peninsula and fueling a fuel crisis as the summer holiday season begins.

A power grid operator in the region reported blackouts in several sectors after the damage to the power network.

The governor of Sevastopol, appointed by Moscow, Mikhail Razvozhayev, wrote on Telegram that fuel was delayed and the distribution of fuel to motorists scheduled for Sunday was canceled.

He said that oil is only used by the government.

Crimea’s tourism sector predicted that millions of tourists this summer will not be far from the peninsula, a popular destination for Russian tourists.

In March 2014, Russia annexed and annexed Crimea after a controversial and internationally rejected referendum. It has used the island to attack Ukraine since it invaded in February 2022.