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Ukraine’s border.  Fire and smoke rise at the Tuapse oil refinery near the Tuapse port, following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to Russian officials, in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
oil terminal in nearby Kronstadt. The city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, said three people sustained minor injuries. He told residents to stay indoors. Ukraine’s special operations forces released footage of overnight strikes on fuel
strikes inside Russia** Units of Ukraine's Security Service, or SBU, struck Russia's Perm region in the Ural Mountains for a second day in a row, according to a security official. The official
oil storage facilities intended for export operations, accusing Kyiv of destabilising global energy markets. In a statement, Ukraine's military confirmed it had again hit the Tuapse refinery, as part of concerted efforts to "reduce
striking Russia’s oil industry and military production facilities to hamper Moscow’s war effort, as well as hitting “those directly responsible for committing war crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians”. Russia, whose full-scale invasion
facilities. Russia's energy infrastructure is now a priority target, using Ukraine-manufactured long-range drones. According to Zelensky, Russia is suffering "critical" losses running to billions of dollars in its energy sector despite
oil facilities at the port of St. Petersburg and nearby ports. Ukrainian drone attacks overnight also hit the Kronstadt naval base, an old base for Russia's Baltic Fleet, and a manufacturing plant involved
strike the dormitory and other buildings in Starobilsk. Photos and video released by Russian authorities showed rescue workers carrying one man out of the rubble of severely damaged buildings – one of them appeared to have
oil industry and military production facilities are “entirely justified” after Moscow flattened an apartment block in Kyiv, killing at least 24 people. On Friday, Zelenskyy warned that Russia’s attacks would not go unpunished, saying
Russian infrastructure, including a Kyiv-claimed attack on a key oil refinery in Russia’s Nizhnekamsk the previous night. However, the Kremlin chief insisted that the surge in strikes will not succeed in creating division
drones and 34 missiles in the space of 24 hours, in the biggest assault of the war on civilian areas. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, wrote on social media: “Such attacks cannot be normalised
facility. In March, two drones crossed into Finnish territory and crashed after flying low over the sea and southeastern Finland. Finnish authorities did not indicate the source of Friday’s drone activity. However, defence forces
facilities”, the statement read. ## ‘Terror and murder’ Launched overnight on Thursday into Friday, the drone salvo that hit Starobilsk – [one of Ukraine’s deadliest such strikes in months](/news/2026/5/22/russia-labels-ukraine-attack-in-occupied-luhansk-monstrous-crime)– also wounded 42 people. The Foreign
facilities, among others. Russia’s city of Togliatti, home to the country’s biggest carmaker Avtovaz, also came under a drone attack overnight, Samara region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Telegram. “Attention! Drone attack regime
strikes, on the other hand, are a capability it did not have until it received Western-supplied kit last year. Zelenskyy released a video on Tuesday this week, now named Arms Makers’ Day, showcasing
oil refinery, after [several days of massive strikes](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ukraine-second-day-large-scale-russian-missile-drone-strikes) by Moscow against Ukraine. Kyiv’s attack on Friday followed three days of drone and missile attacks on [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine), including
oil – not anymore,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram. “Ukraine’s long-range capabilities will continue to be developed comprehensively – at sea, in the air, and on land.” The two neighbours have been launching hundreds of explosive
Russian sanctions on 13 March was widely condemned by Zelensky as well as his European allies. Extending the waiver on Friday, the US said it wanted "to ensure oil is available to those who need
facility in Ukraine’s central Poltava region, and two emergency service workers died at the scene in a follow-on bombing. Thirty-seven people were injured in the strikes. The Ukrainian president said
facilities in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions, officials said, a day after Kyiv and Moscow announced unilateral ceasefires to take effect later this week. Three employees and two rescue workers were killed and 37 people