Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that attacks had been carried out against facilities in Russia’s oil sector and targets in the Black Sea. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had expanded their operations to targets more than 1,300 kilometers from the front line.
Zelenskyy said the long-range attacks were intended to reduce Russia’s oil revenues. He said these revenues were used to finance the war and stated that the operations targeted Russia’s oil sector.
Refineries in Russia targeted
According to Zelenskyy’s statement, the Bashneft-Novoil oil refinery in Bashkortostan and the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region were targeted.
Two patrol boats targeted in the Black Sea
The Ukrainian president also said that Ukraine had responded to Russia’s attacks in the Black Sea. Zelenskyy announced that two military patrol boats and vessels belonging to the shadow fleet were targeted in the operations.