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A Ukrainian defense source confirmed that a drone attack was used blow up oil storage tanks near the city of Azov in Rostov, southern Russia. Agence France-Presse said the defense source described it as a “successful” attack and said it caused “powerful fires in the installations”. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) “will continue imposed “drone sanctions” on the Russian oil refinery complex and reducing the economic potential of the adversary, which provides the aggressor with resources for waging war against Ukraine”.
Video released by Russia’s Emergencies Ministry shows thick smoke and flames billowing from what appears to be multiple oil storage tanks over a large area. About 200 Russian firefighters and emergency personnel were dispatched. Rostov Oblast is just across the border with Ukraine and is home to the operational headquarters overseeing Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine said Russian forces were struggling to enter the outskirts of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region. “The enemy continues to try to advance towards the Novi microdistrict in the city of Chasov Yar,” a Ukrainian military official told a briefing.
Further south, the military said Moscow’s forces were as well push to Pokrovskthreatening a key route that could complicate Ukrainian supplies.
This was announced by the Air Force of Ukraine shot down 10 Shahed attack drones fired by Russian forces during the night of Monday-Tuesday.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine accused Russian forces of beheading a Ukrainian serviceman in the eastern part of the Donetsk region. “The fact of the beheading of a Ukrainian defender was registered in the Donetsk region,” Andriy Kostin said. He said Ukraine has documented nearly 130,000 war crimes committed by Russia.
National grid operator Ukrenergo said Ukraine would stand up power outages throughout Wednesday following Russian strikes on Ukrainian power plants.
This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken China’s support for Russia’s defense industry was extension of war in Ukraine and ‘must stop’. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian earlier urged NATO to “stop shifting blame” for the war in Ukraine after alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg accused Beijing of exacerbating the conflict by supporting Russia.
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik told Bloomberg News that South Korea had identified at least 10,000 shipping containers suspected of containing artillery ammunition and others weapons sent from North Korea to Russia. These containers can hold up to 4.8 meters of projectiles, Shin said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting North Korea. “Putin is expected to seek closer security cooperation with North Korea, especially military supplies like artillery shells that are needed to take the chance of victory,” Shin told Bloomberg.
The Ukrainian authorities have already started preparatory work for organizing a second peace summit, Ukrainian President Andriy Yermak said after the first Ukrainian-led conference held over the weekend in Switzerland. Yermak said a joint plan must first be devised by member states, a process he expects to take several months.
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