Ukraine struck a railway hub in occupied Kerch and targeted several Russian tankers in the Black Sea overnight, according to Ukrainian monitoring channels. The overnight drone attack, reported by the Ukrainian monitoring project Krymskiy Veter, triggered multiple fires near the railway station in Kerch, eastern Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Around 1 a.m., local residents reported a series of explosions followed by a large fire near the station, located close to the Crimean Bridge. Satellite imagery later detected multiple hotspots in the area.
According to preliminary reports, warehouses, railway infrastructure, and possibly the Kerch oil depot caught fire. Unconfirmed reports also suggested that the nearby Kerchenskaya electrical substation was hit.The Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+ published footage purportedly showing drones flying over Kerch. NASA’s FIRMS satellite fire-monitoring system also detected a fire near the railway station, which Ukrainian sources said has become a critical logistics hub after repeated Ukrainian strikes disrupted rail infrastructure elsewhere in occupied Crimea.
