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Ukrainian forces struck the ‘Shakhtarsk’ oil depot in Donetsk Oblast and Russian tankers

Anna Kramarenko
Anna Kramarenko Editor-in-Chief
Ukrainian forces struck the ‘Shakhtarsk’ oil depot in Donetsk Oblast and Russian tankers
Attack on the ‘Shakhtarsk’ oil depot in Donetsk Oblast
On the night of 16 July, the Ukrainian military struck the ‘Shakhtarsk’ oil depot in the Donetsk region and six Russian tankers.

This is according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Russians are using this oil depot to store fuel and supply it to military equipment.

Two tugboats in the Black and Azov Seas were also targeted. Ukrainian forces also struck a road bridge near Primorsk (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), the ‘Sivash’ railway bridge in Crimea (near Chongar) and an electronic warfare depot near Novodariivka in Luhansk Oblast.

It should be noted that over the course of nine days, Ukraine has attacked more than a hundred Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov

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