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Several sites in Russian-occupied Crimea were attacked overnight. Crimean Wind reported that fuel and lubricant storage facilities at the Hvardiiske airfield were hit. The channel also said, preliminarily, that a concentration of equipment in the Feodosia area was struck.
❗️Ukrainian AN-196 Liutyi long-range drones struck the 158,000 m² Wildberries logistics hub in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, around 1,700 km from Ukraine’s border. At least two impacts were reported, and a fire broke out inside the warehouse complex. Another drone was apparently shot down over the site.
Preliminary data showed Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 114 of 147 Russian drones launched overnight, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and Parodiya types. Hits by 29 attack drones were recorded at 15 locations, with debris falling at 4. The attack was ongoing at 08:30.
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A fire broke out in the area of the oil depot in Feodosia, Crimea.
Satellite imagery shows the destroyed oil depot in Matveyev Kurgan, Krasnodar Krai.