Ukraine drone attack hits Russian Baltic port, governor says

Ukrainian forces besides onslaught 2 shadiness fleet tankers adjacent larboard of Novorossiysk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

Ukrainian forces person launched a drone onslaught connected the Russian Baltic Sea ⁠⁠port of Primorsk, the politician says, arsenic Kyiv and Moscow impeach each different of sidesplitting civilians successful overnight aerial raids.

There was nary lipid spill caused by Sunday’s onslaught connected Primorsk, a large oil-exporting outlet, but it caused a occurrence successful the municipality that was extinguished, Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko said. More than 60 drones were downed overnight implicit the northwestern region, helium added.

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Primorsk, ‌‌one of Russia’s largest export gateways, has the capableness to grip 1 cardinal barrels per time of oil.

It has been deed aggregate times successful caller months arsenic Ukraine has stepped up attacks connected Russian vigor infrastructure and different targets and United States-brokered talks to extremity the Ukraine warfare person stalled.

Ukrainian ⁠⁠President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s forces besides struck 2 shadiness fleet tankers successful waters astatine the ⁠⁠entrance to the Russian Black Sea larboard of Novorossiysk.

“These tankers had been actively utilized to transport lipid – not anymore,” Zelenskyy said connected Telegram. “Ukraine’s long-range capabilities volition proceed to beryllium developed comprehensively – astatine sea, successful the ⁠⁠air, and connected land.”

The 2 neighbours person been launching hundreds of explosive-packed drones astatine each different connected a near-daily ground passim the four-year war.

Other Russian regions besides reported drone attacks connected Saturday and Sunday. Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobyov ⁠⁠said connected Saturday evening that a 77-year-old antheral ⁠⁠died successful a colony successful a drone strike.

Sergei Sobyanin, the politician of Moscow, said 4 drones were downed connected their mode to the Russian capital.

Vasily Anokhin, the politician ‌‌of the occidental portion of Smolensk, said 3 people, including a child, were injured connected Sunday successful a drone onslaught connected an flat block.

Attacks successful Ukraine

Russian drone strikes connected Ukraine killed astatine slightest 3 radical crossed the country, section officials said connected Sunday.

Attacks connected confederate Ukraine’s Odesa region, location to cardinal export terminals, killed 2 people, including a motortruck operator astatine a port, Governor Oleh Kiper said connected societal media.

“Enemy drones deed 3 residential buildings, and 2 much were damaged. … Facilities and instrumentality for the larboard infrastructure were besides damaged,” helium said.

Elsewhere, Russian strikes connected the front-line portion of Kherson successful confederate Ukraine besides killed 1 person, officials said.

Russia fired 268 drones and 1 ballistic rocket successful the overnight attacks, Ukraine’s aerial unit said.

In eastbound Ukraine, Russian troops were ‌‌inching ‌‌towards the metropolis of Kostiantynivka successful the Donetsk region, Ukraine’s apical service authoritative said connected Saturday.