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A strong fire is ongoing at the The Solnechnogorskaya oil loading station in the Moscow region after Ukrainian drone attacks overnight and early morning.
Ukraine’s 1st Unmanned Systems Center showed FP-1/2 long-range strike drones firing unguided aviation rockets at Russian positions in occupied Crimea.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck Russian Tor-M2 air defense, logistics infrastructure, command and communications nodes, UAV control points and other targets on May 16-17. Hits included a protected Black Sea Fleet communications node in Crimea, port cranes in Berdiansk, a fuel train in Donetsk Oblast, telecom towers in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and a Project 10410 patrol ship in Kaspiysk.
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FIRMS detected a large-scale fire on the Arabat Spit in occupied Crimea. The area is known to host Russian troop concentrations and many storage sites.
❗️Latvia’s armed forces said one drone entered and then exited Latvian airspace on May 17, triggering threat alerts across five border municipalities. NATO Baltic air policing fighters were activated, and extra air defense units were sent to the eastern border.
❗️Ukraine’s Defense Ministry confirmed strikes on Moscow and its region, calling it the largest attack there since the start of the full-scale invasion. The ministry said Ukraine’s Defense Forces hit the Moscow oil refinery, the Solnechnogorskaya oil depot and several microelectronics production sites.
CyberBoroshno analysis finds: A drone strike hit the Solnechnogorskaya oil pumping station between Lipunikha and Durikino in Russia’s Moscow Oblast, setting an RVS-5000 tank on fire before the blaze spread to a second tank. The facility is a critical node in Transneft’s main pipeline system.
The Solnechnogorskaya oil loading station in the Moscow region, burning.
A Russian Pantsir air defense system tried to repel a drone raid on the Moscow region. Footage shows the short-range system engaging UAVs after which an explosion sounds.
Unmanned Systems Forces commander Magyar said “Moscow never sleeps” after the May 17 strike wave, and showed images of drones attacking Moscow. He also warned Lukashenko to watch the outlook after renewed Belarus-related threats.
A jet-powered drone-missile flew over the Moscow region this morning. The drone-missile looks very much like a BARS or Palianytsia medium-range drone-missile. Both types have a range of 600-700km and carry a 50-100kg warhead.
FIRMS picked up a fire at Belbek Airbase in occupied Crimea. Overnight, Ukrainian drones attacked the peninsula.
FIRMS detected a large-scale fire on the Arabat Spit in occupied Crimea. The area is known to host Russian troop concentrations and many storage sites.