The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a tanker of the Russian shadow fleet and a number of military facilities
Фото: Reuters
On June 16 and the night of June 17, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of military and logistical facilities of Russian troops. Among the targets hit were a tanker of the Russian shadow fleet, bridges, command posts, and drone control points.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Black Sea, Ukrainian military personnel struck a shadow fleet tanker FINA A, which is under sanctions by the European Union, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ukraine.
The General Staff confirmed that the ship was damaged. The extent of its damage is currently being determined.
According to the military, the tanker was used to transport oil and petroleum products in the interests of Russia, circumventing international sanctions.
In addition, the Defense Forces struck targets used by the Russian army to provide military logistics and transfer forces between temporarily occupied territories in southern Ukraine. In particular, the Ukrainian military struck a road bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Stavky in the Kherson region and a road bridge in the Voinka area.
Ukrainian defenders also struck a command and observation post and a control point of Russian troops in the area of Velyka Novoselka in the Donetsk region.
In addition, Russian UAV control points in the Kamyanske and Novoprokopivka districts of Zaporizhia region, Ivano-Frankivsk and Komar in Donetsk region, Oleshki in Kherson region, Maliivka in Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Korovyakovka and Kucherovo in Kursk region of the Russian Federation were hit.
Earlier, it was reported that on the night of Tuesday, June 16, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Moscow Oil Refinery in the Moscow Region of Russia. The Ukrainian military also struck control points, warehouses, and facilities of the Russian military-industrial complex.
As a reminder, on the night of Tuesday, June 16, drones attacked fuel infrastructure facilities in Russia. In particular, there are reports of a fire at the Moscow Oil Refinery and a fire at an oil depot in the Krasnodar Territory.
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