Ukraine strikes Crimea and Krasnodar oil sites, forcing fuel rationing
Ukrainian forces struck oil and fuel infrastructure on Russian-held territory overnight into Sunday, hitting an oil depot in the Crimean city of Kerch and a fuel transport facility in Russia’s Krasnodar region across the strait. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Ukrainian involvement, saying the military had successfully targeted the oil infrastructure. At least four people were killed and 28 wounded in Crimea, and one person died on a passenger ferry in Krasnodar, according to local accounts.
The immediate effect was felt at the pump. The Moscow-appointed governor of Sevastopol said fuel deliveries were being delayed , and Sunday’s petrol allocation to private motorists was cancelled, with remaining supplies reserved for official services. Authorities closed the bridge linking Kerch and Krasnodar to traffic. Russia’s defence ministry said it shot down 239 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The strikes extend Ukraine’s campaign against Russian energy and logistics nodes, which earlier this month reached an oil refinery near Moscow . Hitting fuel supply in occupied Crimea — a region Russia treats as a settled rear area and a summer tourist destination — pressures both military resupply and the local economy ahead of the high season, when the peninsula depends on civilian traffic over the Kerch bridge.