Ukraine strikes more oil facilities deep inside Russia, Zelenskyy says
- Ukraine conducted overnight strikes on oil facilities deep inside Russia, according to President Zelenskyy.
- These attacks aim to undermine Russia's wartime economy and have caused fuel shortages in Russia.
- In the first half of this year, the UN reported 1,396 civilian deaths and 7,978 injuries in Ukraine, a significant increase from previous years.
- Zelenskyy mentioned plans to accelerate the development of Ukraine's own ballistic weaponry.
- Ukrainian forces also targeted Russian military vessels in the Black Sea.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in overnight attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow’s wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin.
The repeated strikes have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are enduring regular barrages that Kyiv’s depleted air defenses are struggling to counter amid Moscow’s 4-year-old full-scale invasion.
Zelenskyy said he met with senior officials on how to accelerate the development of Ukraine’s own ballistic weaponry, similar to its swift wartime innovation in drone technology. He expects the program to produce results this year and next after it overcomes key challenges.
Ukrainian forces hit a refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, more than 1,300 kilometers from the front line, as well as a refinery in the Yaroslavl region, almost 700 kilometers from the border, Zelenskyy said on social media.
乌克兰袭击俄罗斯境内更多石油设施，泽连斯基表示
乌克兰总统泽连斯基周四表示，乌克兰在夜间袭击中对俄罗斯境内的石油设施进行了打击，继续其削弱莫斯科战争经济的行动。
这些重复的袭击导致俄罗斯出现燃料短缺，令俄罗斯人感到不安。与此同时，乌克兰人正在承受常规的轰炸，基辅的防空系统在莫斯科的全面入侵中显得力不从心。
泽连斯基表示，他与高级官员会面，讨论如何加快乌克兰自主弹道武器的发展，类似于其在无人机技术方面的快速创新。他预计该项目将在今年和明年取得成果，前提是克服关键挑战。
乌克兰军队袭击了位于俄罗斯巴什科尔托斯坦地区的一个炼油厂，该地区距离前线超过1300公里，以及距离边界近700公里的雅罗斯拉夫尔地区的一个炼油厂，泽连斯基在社交媒体上表示。