A Ukrainian drone hit a major oil depot in the southern Russian city of Sochi on Saturday night triggering a large fire, as Kyiv steps up its long-range drone strikes in response to Moscow’s escalating attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening address on Saturday that he was “grateful for our long-range operations on Russian territory”. He said he had been briefed by Ukrainian security chief Vasyl Malyuk on the strikes. “Each of them is tangible for the enemy, and our operations will continue,” Zelenskyy added.
Waves of Russian drones and missiles have regularly targeted the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks in some of the heaviest bombardment of the city in the 42-month full-scale war.