Ukraine continues striking Russian oil facilities deep inside the country with drones, with toxic rain reported on the Black Sea coast. But soaring fuel prices may undermine the strategic effectiveness of the campaign.
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Ukraine’s military confirms a third drone strike on the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, with over 160 firefighters deployed. The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of exacerbating global energy market shortages.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi tells BBC in a rare interview that his unit accounts for a third of all targets destroyed on the battlefield.
Russia fires over 600 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing seven including five in Dnipro where an apartment building was hit; Ukraine retaliates with ultra-long-range drone strikes reaching Yekaterinburg, 1,600km away.