#dronestrikes

“Such strikes significantly reduce the ability of Muscovites to control the airspace over Donbas and create conditions for new air operations of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.” ~ HUR, Ukraine’s military intelligence 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Drones launched by Ukraine’s military intelligence struck Russian air defense systems in occupied Donbas, the agency claimed on Dec. 2, knocking out a launcher from a S-300 SAM system, and two 1L125 Niobium-SV radar stations.

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Photo: HUR/Telegram

“The Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat facility is one of Russia’s largest oil refining and petrochemical plants, producing 150 different types of products, including gasoline and diesel fuel.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦🛢️🔥💙💛👏🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) drones again struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical plant in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 24.

A fire broke out at the plant following several drone strikes, the source said. Local authorities have also confirmed the attack.

“All emergency services are working on site, and efforts to extinguish the fire are underway,” Radiy Khabirov, head of the Bashkortostan Republic, said on his Telegram channel.

The extent of damage is being assessed, Khabirov added, without mentioning possible casualties.

The Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat facility is one of Russia’s largest oil refining and petrochemical plants, producing 150 different types of products, including gasoline and diesel fuel. It is located some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the front line in Ukraine.

The facility was previously hit by long-range SBU drones on Sept. 18, triggering a “massive explosion” at the center of the facility, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent at the time.

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When you do the math, it’s potentially up to $287 million a week or over a billion dollars a month of revenue Russia won’t have to fund its war against Ukraine. 🇺🇦🧮💵💙💛👏🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) drones struck Primorsk, Russia’s largest oil-loading port on the Baltic Sea, overnight on Sept. 12, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.

Primorsk in Leningrad Oblast serves as a key hub for Russia’s “shadow fleet” of aging tankers used to avoid sanctions, the source said. Roughly 60 million tons of oil pass through the port every year, bringing Russia roughly $15 billion, the source added.

After the Ukrainian drone strike, fires broke out at one of the vessels and a pumping station, forcing the suspension of oil shipments, according to the source. This could allegedly cost Russia up to $41 million a day.

SBU drones also successfully struck three oil pumping stations that are part of a pipeline system funneling crude to the Ust-Luga port terminal in Leningrad Oblast, the source claimed.

Primorsk lies roughly 100 kilometers (60 miles) from St. Petersburg and over 900 kilometers (550 miles) north of the Ukrainian border.

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While Ukraine continues to destroy and damage Russian military assets, it remains in dire need of Patriot air defense systems. 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . Ukraine launched a series of drone strikes against military airfields in Russia in the early hours of April 5, allegedly destroying or damaging 19 warplanes, sources familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent.

According to a source in the military intelligence, that asked to remain anonymous as they weren’t authorized to speak to the press, Ukraine successfully hit the Engels-2 air base, located in Russia’s Saratov Oblast, located over 750 kilometers away from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled border.

Meanwhile, four people are confirmed to have been killed and over 20 injured in Russian missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov reported.

Zaporizhzhia, a city with a population of around 710,000, lies in Ukraine’s southeast. Zaporizhzhia is subjected to regular Russian attacks due to its proximity to the front line.

Among the injured were two journalists and a nine-year-old boy, Fedorov reported earlier.

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