Ukraine strikes hit oil facilities in Crimea, Russia’s Krasnodar
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- Ukrainian drone strikes hit an oil depot in Crimea's Kerch and an oil transport facility in Russia's Krasnodar region, with President Zelenskyy confirming both targets were struck.
- Crimea's Moscow-installed leader Sergey Aksyonov said at least four people were killed and 28 wounded in the overnight attacks on the Russian-occupied peninsula.
- Russian Ministry of Defence reported that 239 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight, even as the oil facilities were still hit.
- Krasnodar local authorities said a drone attack killed one person aboard a passenger ferry and set an oil terminal ablaze.
- Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev cancelled Sunday's petrol allocation to private motorists, saying fuel would be available only to official services as deliveries were delayed.
- The Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Krasnodar was closed to overnight traffic, and a local power grid operator reported outages in several areas after damage to electricity networks.
Why it matters: Ukraine is escalating strikes on energy infrastructure that feeds Russian military logistics in Crimea while also choking the peninsula's civilian fuel supply at the start of the summer tourist season — Moscow-appointed officials are now rationing petrol to 'official services' only and tourism operators expect millions of Russian holidaymakers to stay away, raising the cost of occupation well beyond the battlefield.
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