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Updated · Ukrinform · Jul 24
Ukraine Hits 2 Russian Refineries 1,350 km Away, Strikes Crimea Airfields
Updated
Updated · Ukrinform · Jul 24

Ukraine Hits 2 Russian Refineries 1,350 km Away, Strikes Crimea Airfields

3 articles · Updated · Ukrinform · Jul 24

Summary

  • Ukraine's SSU said deep strikes hit oil facilities in Bashkortostan, Ulyanovsk and Kaluga, plus military targets at Belbek and Saky airfields in occupied Crimea.
  • The attacks set tank farms ablaze at the Subkhankulovo dispatch station about 1,350 kilometers from Ukraine and the Novospassky mini refinery about 900 kilometers away, while also damaging a fuel storage tank and a Nebo-U radar station.
  • The SSU said the operations were ordered under President Volodymyr Zelensky's directive to cut Russia's military and economic potential through long-range attacks on energy and defense infrastructure.
  • Zelensky had earlier confirmed strikes on a key military enterprise in Kirov and on an oil facility 1,350 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, underscoring Kyiv's widening reach inside Russia.