A swarm of kamikaze drones launched from Ukraine hit four major Russian oil refineries on Friday in yet another escalation of Kyiv’s offensive against Putin’s precious black gold, Reuters reports.
Ukrainian military command wrote on Telegram that drones had “attacked the Afipsky, Ilsky, Krasnodar, and Astrakhan oil refineries,” with a source in Kyiv telling Reuters that those facilities were targeted for their role in supplying fuel for Russia’s Black Sea fleet. “The damage of these refineries will significantly complicate the logistics of fuel oil supply, making it more expensive and time-consuming, as it will have to be delivered from other refineries,” the source said.