Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) said on Monday that they struck a Russian oil tanker in the Sea of Azov and an oil terminal in the occupied Crimean city of Kerch during an overnight drone operation targeting Russia’s fuel logistics.According to the SSO, long-range strike units hit a Volgoneft-class oil tanker while it was sailing in the Sea of Azov.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.The military described the vessels as a key component of Russia’s fuel supply chain, transporting petroleum products between refineries and delivering fuel for military and civilian use.The SSO also reported a second strike on the oil terminal at the port of Kerch in occupied Crimea.The facility serves as a major logistics hub for petroleum products on the occupied peninsula, handling the receipt, storage and transfer of oil between rail infrastructure, storage tanks and tankers, the SSO said.The operation is part of what the SSO described as Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” aimed at degrading Russia’s energy infrastructure and limiting its ability to sustain the war against Ukraine.In late June, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he had approved a 40-day Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) operation aimed at increasing pressure on Russia and pushing Moscow toward ending its war against Ukraine.The decision followed a report by Maj. Gen. Yevhen Khmara on Ukraine’s long-range and mid-range “sanctions” plans, as well as the latest battlefield results of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), particularly its Center of Special Operations “Alpha.”