Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces strike Sevastopol’s main power substation. Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces strike Sevastopol’s main power substation. A Ukrainian strike campaign has disabled more than 40 per cent of Russia’s total oil refining capacity. Ukraine destroys more than 60,000 tons of Russia’s Baltic Fleet ammunition, Zelenskyi says.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces strike Sevastopol’s main power substation
The Alfa Special Operations Center of Ukraine’s Security Service struck Russian air defenses near the Kerch Strait as well as the Saky and Hvardiyske air bases in Crimea, the agency said on Wednesday.
The strikes hit four hangars at the Saky air base that store aircraft equipment, the message reads.
The Alfa center also struck two pieces of the S-400 air defense missile system and two Pantsir-S1 air defense missile systems. The unit has struck a total of four Pantsir-S1s in the area.
“Russian occupying forces are losing control over the skies of Crimea. Each destroyed air defense system and each air base that was hit open new possibilities for further Ukrainian attacks on the enemy’s military infrastructure. The Security Service of Ukraine will continue systematic work to turn Crimea into a territory of constant losses for the Russian army, until it leaves the Ukrainian peninsula,” the Security Service said.
Ukrainian drones hit Sevastopol’s main power substation, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Major Robert Brovdi who goes by the call sign Magyar, said Wednesday.
Throughout the night, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck 48 military targets at operational depth inside Russia and in occupied territories in Ukraine’s south.
Ukrainian attacks on the main power substation in Sevastopol knocked out power across the city. A drone attack on Simferopol caused fire at a local heat and power plant. The plant supplies the city with power.
Ukrainian strike campaign disables more than 40 per cent of Russia’s total oil refining capacity
Ukraine’s strike campaign has disabled more than 40 per cent of Russia’s total oil refining capacity, causing fuel shortages and rationing across the country, new site The New Voice of Ukraine said on Wednesday.
More than 17 key oil refining facilities were affected, including 10 largest oil refineries and terminals, leading to a systematic disruption in Russia’s fuel sector.
Ukraine targets vacuum distillation and hydrocracking units. The tactic critically extends recovery of the damaged facilities. Russia’s annual oil refining capacity fell from 280 million tons in 2021 to 168 million tons [the original article does not mention the year – edit.], the lowest in 16 years. The crisis formed so-called fuel deserts in areas where supply chains fail to balance out the shortage domestically. Russia is considering fuel imports to tackle shortages.
Ukraine destroys more than 60,000 tons of Russia’s Baltic Fleet ammunition, Zelenskyi says
The Ukrainian military destroyed more than 60,000 tons of ammunition of Russia’s Baltic Fleet arsenal near St. Petersburg, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said Wednesday after hearing a report from head of the Main Intelligence Department of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Oleh Ivashchenko.
“First of all, we discussed the implementation of our plan for long-range sanctions against Russia over this war and the steps needed to bring peace closer. In particular, among the recent successful target engagements on the occupier’s territory, it is worth noting the destruction of more than 60,000 tons of ammunition at a Baltic Fleet arsenal near St. Petersburg,” Zelenskyi said in a post to X.
He also said an analysis by Ukraine’s defense intelligence “confirmed that the designated targets of Russian military production facilities had been hit.”
“Ukraine’s Defense Forces accurately struck Russian enterprises that produce radio-electronic equipment and other critical components for the needs of the Russian army,” Zelenskyi said.
Earlier this month, on June 6, Zelenskyi said that Ukrainian drones had targeted the arsenals of the Russian Navy in the Leningrad region and the naval base at Kronstadt.