Ukrainian forces said Thursday that they attacked energy infrastructure, tankers and military assets overnight as part of a campaign targeting Russian forces' supply logistics and sources of finance. File Photo by Vladimir Mordunov/UPI | License Photo
July 9 (UPI) -- Ukrainian forces said Thursday that they attacked Russian energy and military assets with drones overnight in occupied Luhansk province, the Asov Sea and Russia's Rostov province.
The strikes targeted 12 Russian oil tankers, a cargo ship and a tugboat in the Sea of Asov, the Yug Rusi oil terminal at Bataisk and a Russian ammunition depot near Sorokyne in Luhansk," the General Staff of the Ukraine Armed Forces said on social media.
The oil terminal, which is at the eastern end of the Asov Sea, was set on fire.
"Units of Ukraine's defense forces struck a number of important enemy military and military-economic targets on the night of July 8-9 as part of efforts targeting the military and economic potential of the Russian aggressor," said the General Staff.
