Ukraine's Drone Attacks on Russian Oil Facilities

0:00On April 6, Ukrainian drones lit up Russian oil facilities over the weekend, hitting the Big Shiskari's terminal at Novorossi's port on the black. See, fires rage there and strikes popped off at other spots like the Lucoyle refinery in Kastovov about a thousand kilometers away. Russia's defenses claimed they downed 148 drones, but blackouts hit nearly half a million homes. Meanwhile, Ukraine ramped up these oil attacks over the past two weeks, targeting export hubs in places like Primorsk on the Baltic and Leningrad. Regions. In Crimea, Sevastopol faced four drone waves, and power got knocked out and occupied Donetsk and Zaparrajezia before crews fixed Donetsk and Makiavka. A wheat ship sank in the sea of Azaz from drones, killing one and leaving two missing. Pro-Russian voices online are griping that repairs will drag on and cost the fortune, while one death came from a drone in Belgorod and another hit in Astey, apartment in Novorossisk.

1:01Zelensky, on his middle east tour, inked security deal with Syria's leader in Damascus, stressing closer ties against shared threats. Zelensky warned a long U.S.-Israeli class with Iran could pull American focus and patriot missiles away from Ukraine right when Russia pounds daily. He says surging oil prices from Iran, closing the strait of Hormuz, pump cash, and to Moscow's war machine, so Ukraine's hitting back hard at those. Refineries? Ukraine's offering Gulf states its homegrown interceptor and sea drones to counter Iran, in exchange for anti-ballistic help and pitching ways to. Secure trade routes like reopening Hormuz using Black Sea know-how. These moves keep the pressure on as the grind continues.