Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Sites in Drone Strikes

Ukrainian drone strikes targeted multiple Russian oil facilities overnight into Saturday, hitting refineries and depots across several regions in a bid to disrupt Moscow's energy exports that fund its military operations.

The attacks struck two refineries in Russia's Samara region, Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran, both of which have faced prior Ukrainian strikes since the war began. Ukrainian drone forces commander Robert Brovdi confirmed the operations in a Telegram statement, noting additional hits on the Vysotsk port in the Leningrad region, an oil depot in the Russian-occupied Sevastopol area of Crimea, and the Tikhoretsk oil terminal in Krasnodar. "Make Russian Oil Great Again," Brovdi wrote sarcastically, linking the strikes to a recent U.S. decision to extend a waiver on sanctions for Russian oil sales.

Russian regional officials reported fires at the affected sites but stated that emergency crews had extinguished them. In Samara, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said industrial targets were attacked, with responders on scene, though he did not specify the facilities. Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed a fire at the Vysotsk terminal, operated by Lukoil for...