President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on July 25 that Ukrainian forces had achieved “very good results” in strikes on Russian targets in the Caspian Sea, including vessels involved in transporting military cargo to Iran and a Russian warship.The announcement came one day after Moscow launched deadly attacks across Ukraine, including a ballistic missile strike near Kyiv that killed at least 10 people and left almost 100 injured.Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said the Caspian Sea operation included drone strikes on the Filanovsky offshore oil platform, operated by Russian oil company Lukoil.According to the SBU, two cargo vessels -- Port Olya 2 and Begey -- were also targeted. It said the ships had been used to transport military cargo between Russia and Iran.Neither Russia nor Iran has commented on the reported strikes, and Ukraine's claims have not been independently verified.
Describing the attacks as "long-range sanctions" in response to Russian strikes, Zelenskyy said Ukraine also targeted "an enterprise in Kirov" that supplies components for Russian weapons, "a logistics facility in Yekaterinburg," an oil refinery in Tyumen, and a fuel depot in Rostov-on-Don.Ukrainian media reported that the target in Yekaterinburg was a logistics warehouse belonging to Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, which is allegedly used to support the country’s military logistics, a claim Moscow has denied.The attack could be the latest in a number of similar strikes on the retailer’s facilities over the past week.
