Ukraine's defence forces strike oil pumping station in Russia and oil depot in Crimea

Ukraine's defence forces have struck the Krymskaya oil pumping station in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, the Hvardiiske oil depot in occupied Crimea and ammunition storage points and drone command posts in temporarily occupied territories.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)

Details: The General Staff reported that the strikes had been carried out on 10 April and on the night of 10-11 April.

Ukrainian forces hit oil infrastructure facilities used to support the Russian military: the Krymskaya oil pumping station (Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia) and the Hvardiiske oil depot in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Strikes were also recorded on Russian ammunition storage points near the settlements of Makedonivka and Donetsk in Donetsk Oblast and Osypenko in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

In addition, Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on UAV command posts near Konovalove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Hola Prystan in Kherson Oblast.

Clusters of Russian troops were also hit near the settlements of Stepove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Stepnohirsk, Pryazovske and Rybne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Information is being gathered on Russian losses and the extent of damage.

Sources in the SSU told Ukrainska Pravda that drones from the SSU's Special Operations Centre Alpha, working with Ukraine's security and defence forces, carried out a strike on the Krymskaya linear production dispatch station in Krasnodar Krai.

This facility is part of the Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk-2 main oil pipeline system and belongs to Russian oil giant Transneft. The station ensures the transfer and storage of fuel, particularly for military needs of the Krymsk tactical aviation base and the Russian Black Sea Fleet base in Novorossiysk.

Local authorities reported that a fire broke out at the oil depot following the strike, with damage recorded to infrastructure supporting the facility's operations.

Background: On the night of 10-11 April, a fire was reported at an oil depot in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, which was supposedly caused by the fall of debris from drones. Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that the Krymskaya linear production dispatch station had been struck once again.

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