Zelenskyy Details Ukrainian Missile Strikes on Russian Military Plants
Ukrainian drone strikes targeted Russian oil depots and industrial facilities in regions including Krasnodar, Yaroslavl, Volgograd and Tula amid Russia strikes, causing one death, injuries, fires and environmental contamination such as fuel oil rain. [1] [2]
Overview of Ukrainian Drone Campaign Deep Inside Russia
Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on military and energy infrastructure sites deep inside Russia. [1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the country’s forces had struck several military and energy infrastructure sites deep inside Russia, including a military factory he said supplied components for Russian drones and missiles. [1] Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo long-range missiles had hit the facility in Cheboksary, in the Chuvashiya region, more than 900 km from the front line. [1] Zelenskyy presented the operation as part of Ukraine’s strategy to increase pressure on Russia. [3] He said Ukrainian forces are striking targets hundreds of kilometers from the border. [3] Temporary flight restrictions were imposed at some Russian airports. [3] Zelenskyy reiterated that Kyiv supports a peaceful resolution of the conflict while continuing military operations, arguing that these are linked to Russia’s continuation of the war. [3]
Strike on Krasnodar Oil Terminal and Casualties
A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region. [1] Drone debris sparked a fire at a sea terminal, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said. [1] Russian news outlets reported that a Black Sea export terminal transporting crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas in the village of Volna was damaged. [1] Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces said that its forces had hit an oil preparation and pumping station overnight in Russia’s Volgograd region, as well as Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. [1]
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian oil depot causes fuel oil rain in Krasnodar region. — Source: ukrainskapravda
Yaroslavl Fuel Depot Attack and Environmental Fallout
Residents in Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast reported what they described as a “fuel oil rain”, with black droplets and an oily film coating vegetation, surfaces and bodies of water, following a drone strike on a fuel depot belonging to Russia’s Federal Agency for State Reserves. [2] The Rosrezerv Temp fuel storage site is the facility struck by drones. [2] Users on local social media communities posted photos of plants and surfaces coated in a dark, oily film. [2] A video circulated of the Volgotnya River in the village of Volkovo, around 20 km from Rybinsk, showing oil slicks on the water surface. [2] Ukrainian drones attacked Yaroslavl Oblast on the night of 13-14 June. [2] The local authorities reported hits on industrial fuel storage facilities and an ensuing fire. [2] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that on the night of 13-14 June, Ukrainian forces had struck an oil facility in Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast, located over 700 km from the Ukrainian border. [2]
Additional Targets: Volgograd, Tula and Cheboksary Facilities
Ukrainian forces struck an oil preparation and pumping station in Russia’s Volgograd region. [1] Zelenskyy published video of drone strikes on the Azot chemical plant in Tula region, described as important for Russian military production. [3] He also published video of strikes on military supply and logistics sites in Russian-occupied Ukrainian areas. [3] Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo long-range missiles hit a military factory in Cheboksary, Chuvashiya region, more than 900 km from the front line that supplies components for Russian drones and missiles. [1]
Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian oil depots and military facilities deep inside Russia. — Source: gdelt
Russian Retaliatory and Parallel Attacks on Ukraine
Russian attacks on Saturday had injured nine and set fire to a marketplace in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, with one man in critical condition. [1] Russia attacked three districts of the region more than 20 times with drones and aerial bombs, Dnipropetrovsk head Oleksandr Hanzha said. [1] Six were hospitalized, including a man in critical condition. [1] One person has been killed and four others have been injured in a Russian drone strike on a car in the village of Bilenke in the Zaporizhzhia district. [4] Russian forces struck a vehicle in Bilenke with an FPV drone. [4] A 73-year-old woman was killed in the strike. [4] Women aged 73, 74 and 68 and a 74-year-old man were injured. [4] Russian forces struck the Lozova railway station in Kharkiv Oblast with drones on the morning of 14 June, injuring a train’s driver and his assistant and damaging locomotives. [5]
Context of Broader Conflict and Air Defense Responses
The US-Israeli war with Iran and the resulting global energy disruptions have overshadowed the conflict in Ukraine. [1] Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to bolster air defenses after Ukrainian attacks set ablaze an oil terminal in St Petersburg and also hit a nearby naval base. [1] Zelenskyy presented the operation as part of Ukraine’s strategy to increase pressure on Russia. [3] Temporary flight restrictions were imposed at some Russian airports. [3] Zelenskyy reiterated that Kyiv supports a peaceful resolution of the conflict while continuing military operations, arguing that these are linked to Russia’s continuation of the war. [3]
What to watch next: Russian attacks injured nine people in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region while one person was killed and four injured in a Russian drone strike on a car in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Russian forces struck the Lozova railway station in Kharkiv Oblast with drones on the morning of 14 June.
