Ukraine's General Staff reports strikes on oil depot, tankers and "Svetlyak" vessel

On the night of 17-18 July, Ukraine's defence forces struck an oil depot in Moscow Oblast, vessels in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, a Russian patrol ship in Kerch and a railway bridge in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: The General Staff reported that the Nafto-Servis oil depot in the town of Noginsk, Moscow Oblast, was hit, sparking a fire at the facility.

The General Staff said the facility was used to store and supply fuel, including for the needs of the Russian armed forces.

Ukraine's defence forces also struck two tankers, two floating cranes and a tugboat in the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

A strike on a Project 10410 Svetlyak-class patrol ship in Kerch was also reported separately. The General Staff noted that this is already the second ship of this type struck in the past two days.

In addition, Ukrainian forces attacked a railway bridge over the Bila River near Sabivka, Luhansk Oblast, which the Russians used for military logistics.

Background:

• Moscow and Moscow Oblast came under a large-scale drone attack on the night of 17-18 July. Fires broke out at an oil depot and a logistics centre belonging to Wildberries, the largest Russian online retailer, in the towns of Noginsk and Elektrostal near Moscow, with Russian authorities reporting dozens of people affected.
• Ukrainian drones attacked the town of Kotovsk in Russia's Tambov Oblast, causing a fire at a logistics centre.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that logistics facilities struck in Russia's Moscow and Tambov oblasts were used to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment.

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