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Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities and set more oil tankers ablaze

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July 9, 2026

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Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities and set more oil tankers ablaze

Ukrainian drones have hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems.

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Off The Press

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· Jul 9, 2026

Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities, set more oil tankers ablaze

Ukrainian drones on Thursday hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, a day after US President Trump pledged to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems. Ukraine’s strikes on oil refineries and other infrastructure across Russia has triggered a widespread fuel crisis []...Click to read more

Euronews

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· Jul 1, 2026

Ukraine hits Russia's Ufa oil refinery for second time in a week, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine’s domestically developed and manufactured drones and missiles have been hammering Russian oil facilities, including refineries, terminals, storage depots and pipeline pumping stations, for months.

EUobserver

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· Jun 29, 2026

Russia bombs petrol stations while Ukraine targets bridges, in all-out war on enemy logistics (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,586)

Ukrainian drones and missiles torch Russian oil depots and arms plants. Putin is scrambling to stop fuel queues snaking through Moscow.

BRICS News

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· Jul 4, 2026

JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St.

JUST IN: Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal.@BRICSNews

The Kyiv Independent

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· Jul 8, 2026

As Ukrainian drone strikes cripple Russia’s fuel supply, Moscow faces 'one crisis after another'

Russia's Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery had just restarted operations when Ukrainian drones hit it again. The facility — the fourth-largest oil refinery and the second-largest producer of gasoline in the country — had been struck by Ukraine on June 24, forcing operations to shut down. On July 2, Ukrainian drones

The Independent

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· Jul 8, 2026

How Ukraine’s devastating drone attacks triggered Russia’s fuel shortage crisis

Ukraine’s persistent drone attacks have crippled Russian oil refineries across the country

Ukrainska Pravda

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· Jul 4, 2026

Russia attacks gas production facility in Poltava Oblast

Russian drones attacked one of the gas production assets belonging to the Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company, in Poltava Oblast on the morning of 4 July. A fire broke out at the site and the facility's operations have been suspended.

Fark

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· Jun 27, 2026

Day 1,585 of WW3: Drones strike Russian oil pumping station supplying Moscow, vital for transferring diesel fuel to the Moscow Ring Oil Product Pipeline and Baltic Sea ports. This is your Saturday Ukraine invasion conversation [News]

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Le Monde

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· Jun 25, 2026

Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries are triggering shortages and rising discontent

For the past three months, Kyiv's drones have targeted Russian refineries, ports, depots and pipelines, causing ripple effects throughout the Russian economy. Gasoline has become scarce at service stations.

Kyiv Post

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· Jul 10, 2026

Ukraine Unleashes Drone Raid on Russia, Hitting Oil Sites, Defense Plant as Moscow Claims 376 UAVs

Russian officials said Ukrainian drones struck oil infrastructure and defense-related sites across southern Russia overnight, while Moscow claimed to have intercepted 376 drones. The attacks sparked fires, disrupted airport operations and targeted facilities linked to Russia's energy exports and military industry.

Intel Slava

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· Jun 25, 2026

[Photo] 🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — In the early morning, Ukrainian kamikaze drones carried out attacks on the o [...]

— In the early morning, Ukrainian kamikaze drones carried out attacks on the oil refinery in Ufa and on the Poltava oil depot in the Krasnodar Krai.@Intelslava

RedState

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· Jul 9, 2026

Ukrainian Drones Devastate Russian Oil Infrastructure, Trigger New Russian Export Freeze

Ukrainian Drones Devastate Russian Oil Infrastructure, Trigger New Russian Export Freeze

Meduza.io

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· Jun 24, 2026

Russia’s fuel crisis is spreading across the country. Here’s where gasoline sales are now restricted.

A fuel crisis is unfolding in Russia. Ukrainian drones have struck oil refineries across the country in a sustained campaign, forcing facilities to suspend or cut production. Fuel shortages have appeared at gas stations across various parts of the country, though authorities have repeatedly blamed the lines at pumps on “panic buying” rather than an actual shortage.

Al Jazeera English

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· Jul 7, 2026

Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel tankers

Ukraine drones struck Russian fuel tankers in the Sea of Azov and a fuel terminal in occupied Crimea as its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure continue. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile

DNyuz

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· Jul 7, 2026

Ukrainian drones flew all the way to Siberia to strike Russia’s largest oil refinery

Parts of Russia’s Omsk refinery were seen burning on Monday after Ukraine’s drone strikes. SOCIAL MEDIA via REUTERS New variants of Ukraine’s long-range strike drones hit an oil refinery in Siberia. The 1,700-mile strike is Ukraine’s longest-range drone attack on Russia since the war began. Online footage showed a fire at a key processing unit []

Egyptian Gazette

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· Jul 4, 2026

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal

A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia’s oil infrastructure. Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out attack on Ukraine stretches into its fifth year. Gov. [] The post Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

TASS

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· Jul 12, 2026

Russian strikes hit port infrastructure in Odessa, Chernomorsk

Also a crew of Geran drones has destroyed a gas distribution station used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kramatorsk

Baltic News Network

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· Jun 25, 2026

Ukrainian drone strikes ignite another oil depot in Russia

Another oil depot has caught fire in Russia’s Krasnodar region following overnight Ukrainian drone strikes, according to Russian and Ukrainian media reports. The Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported that three fuel storage tanks caught fire at the oil depot in the village of Poltavskaya after the attack. According to the Telegram channel Astra, the Poltavskaya [] The post Ukrainian drone strikes ignite another oil depot in Russia appeared first on Baltic News Network.

Russia Today

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· Jul 6, 2026

Ukrainian drones target major Russian oil refinery

Ukrainian drones have targeted a major oil refinery in Russia’s Omsk Region, officials have said Read Full Article at RT.com

Reuters

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· Jul 7, 2026

Russians wait in line at gas stations

Motorists wait in line at a gas station in the Russian city of Omsk on July 6, the same day that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted the local refinery, the largest in Russia, near the Siberian city. #russia #ukraine #war #refinery #gasstation

The Eastern Herald

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· Jul 4, 2026

Ukrainian Drones Strike St. Petersburg Oil Terminal Again as Russia Intercepts 67 UAVs

Ukrainian long-range drones struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal on July 4, setting tanks ablaze for the second time since June. Russia claimed 67 UAVs intercepted over Leningrad, but satellite imagery showed a large smoke plume rising above the port facility.

Euromaidan Press

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· Jul 10, 2026

Anti-drone nets keep failing: Russia’s fuel tanks burn from Azov to Moscow

Fuel facilities burned from Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast to Moscow and Tatarstan as Russia claimed hundreds of drones downed.

CBC News

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· Jul 9, 2026

Ukraine claims hits on more Russian fuel tankers as Crimea campaign intensifies

Ukrainian drones hit a dozen more Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight, Ukraine's military said on Thursday, the latest in a campaign aimed at disrupting fuel supplies to Russian forces and isolating Moscow-occupied Crimea.

The Daily Beast

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· Jul 9, 2026

Putin’s Nightmare Deepens After Humiliating Strikes

Contributor / Getty ImagesVladimir Putin’s fuel nightmare has worsened as Ukrainian drones set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov and torched depots deep inside Russia.Thursday’s strikes are the latest blows in a punishing months-long campaign that has crippled Russia’s refineries and plunged roughly 50 million people—about a third of the population—into a fuel crisis on a scale not seen since the dying days of the Soviet Union. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Daily Mirror

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· Jun 21, 2026

Ukraine blasts Russian oil refinery from over 1200 miles away in latest long-range blitz

Ukrainian drones have struck an oil refinery in Russia's Tyumen region, more than 1,200 miles from Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Kyiv steps up attacks on facilities that bankroll Moscow's war effort

Ya Libnan

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· Jun 22, 2026

Ukraine struck Russian missile electronics plant. Five dead and dozens injured, governor says

Smoke billows from a production plant following a Ukrainian attack, according the local governor, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Voronzeh, Russia June 22, 2026 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS. Ukraine’s military said it had hit a plant producing electronics for missiles in Russia’s border Voronezh []

The Moscow Times

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· Jul 8, 2026

Ukrainian Drone Attack on Industrial Sites in Saratov Region Kills 1

Officials said drones targeted industrial facilities, while unverified reports claimed multiple oil refineries were damaged across Russia.

South China Morning Post

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· Jun 24, 2026

Ukraine drones knock out power in Russia-held Crimea’s biggest city

Ukrainian drones knocked out power in Sevastopol, the biggest city in Russian-held Crimea, on Wednesday and targeted facilities in central and southern Russia, local officials said, underscoring the reach of Kyiv’s attacks on energy infrastructure. Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian oil refineries, depots and supply routes this year, pushing up petrol prices in Russia, where ‌authorities have limited sales in some regions. Fuel shortages have been particularly acute on the Crimean...

Investing.com

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· Jul 11, 2026

Ukraine says drone strikes damage 21 Russian oil tankers in Sea of Azov attack

Ukraine says drone strikes damage 21 Russian oil tankers in Sea of Azov attack

NaturalNews.com

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· Jul 9, 2026

Ukraine strikes eight Russian “shadow fleet” tankers in Sea of Azov, intensifying Crimea isolation campaign

(NaturalNews) Ukrainian drone forces struck eight Russian shadow fleet tankers delivering fuel to Crimea in the Sea of Azov on July 7-8, 2026. The vessels,...

Al-Monitor

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· Jun 22, 2026

Moscow shoots down nearly 60 drones; Russian attacks kill five in Ukraine

June 22 (Reuters) - Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday and briefly suspended flights at airports, authorities in the Russian capital said, just days after Ukraine hit the city's oil refinery again.Ukrainian authorities said Russian drones had hit civilian merchant vessels, killing an Egyptian crew member, while drone attacks elsewhere killed at least five people, including three members of the same family in Ukraine's northern Sumy region.

The Rising Nepal

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· Jul 5, 2026

Drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal

Kyiv, July 5: A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as...

Times of India

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· Jul 7, 2026

Watch: Ukraine targets Russia's 'shadow fleet'; hits 8 fuel tankers on Crimea route

Ukraine’s forces executed drone strikes that targeted eight Russian fuel tankers during the night. These tankers were supposedly supplying fuel to Crimea in the Sea of Azov. The operation aimed to impede Russian military supply routes and logistics. This move is a continuation of a series of Ukrainian assaults on Crimea's infrastructure, which has led to significant fuel shortages on the peninsula.

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