Ukraine Destroys 67 Russian Fuel Tankers in Donetsk as Prisoner Swap Returns 100+ Ukrainians
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Updated · Daily Kos · Aug 19
Ukraine Destroys 67 Russian Fuel Tankers in Donetsk as Prisoner Swap Returns 100+ Ukrainians
3 articles · Updated · Daily Kos · Aug 19
Summary
Sixty-seven Russian fuel tankers were destroyed in Donetsk after უკრაინian forces tracked the convoy and struck it in a single operation, hitting a key logistics target.
The tanker strike came amid a wider wave of Ukrainian attacks that also hit Russia’s Ufa refinery again, set a Russian logistics convoy ablaze and targeted a drone base.
More than 100 Ukrainians were brought home in a new prisoner exchange, while Kyiv’s parliament approved Evgeniy Khmara as defense minister.
Russian attacks killed 10 people near Kharkiv and four on a bus in Kherson, with the wounded driver reportedly taking nine casualties to a hospital in the damaged vehicle.
The latest exchanges underline an intensifying war of attrition in which Ukraine is pressuring Russian fuel, transport and rear-area infrastructure while Russia keeps striking civilian targets.
Will Ukraine's new special ops defense minister use these devastating deep drone strikes to permanently cripple Russia's frontline logistics?
Can Russia's brutal attacks on civilian infrastructure break Ukraine before long-range drones completely sever the Kremlin's vital military supply lines?
As massive Russian refineries burn, could this relentless targeting of fuel hubs silently trigger a catastrophic collapse in Moscow's war machine?