Zelenskyi reveals details of strikes targeting Russia's logistics sites and oil infrastructure
The president said the overnight operation by Ukraine's long-range strike capabilities targeted facilities:
"Today, our long-range sanctions worked in three directions on Russian territory, as well as on our temporarily occupied land and at sea," Zelenskyi said.
According to the president, Ukrainian forces struck two major logistics facilities in the Moscow and Tambov regions. They are located more than 500 and nearly 700 kilometers from the front line.
"These facilities were used by the aggressor to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment," Zelenskyi said.
One of Russia's oil infrastructure facilities was also targeted.
Zelenskyi added that Ukrainian medium-range strike systems carried out missions in the waters of the Azov and Black seas, as well as in temporarily occupied Crimea.
According to the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, 13 vessels were targeted overnight on July 18, including eight dry cargo ships, a tanker, a gas carrier, a tugboat, and two floating cranes.
In total, during the first 13 days of the operation, Ukrainian drones struck 172 vessels: 118 in the Sea of Azov and 54 in the Black Sea.
As Rubryka previously reported, explosions were heard overnight on July 18 in several Russian regions as the country came under drone attacks. Following air defense activity, Wildberries logistics centers in the Tambov and Moscow regions caught fire, while local authorities in Kotovsk reported seven deaths and more than 20 injuries.
Explosions were also reported overnight and in the morning in Tver and Noginsk in the Moscow region. According to preliminary information from Ukrainian OSINT communities, an oil facility in Noginsk may have been targeted.
The facility is used for storing, transferring, loading, and shipping light petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel. It reportedly has 24 storage tanks with a total capacity of 11,500 cubic meters.
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