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Ukraine Strikes Taman Oil Terminal as Russia Batters Odesa in Expanding Drone Campaign

Kyiv is using long‑range drones to hit Russian energy assets to curb export revenue ahead of US‑brokered talks in Geneva.

Overview

  • Russia’s Krasnodar governor said a Ukrainian drone attack set fires at the port of Taman, damaging an oil tank, a warehouse and terminals, and wounding two people.
  • Ukraine’s General Staff reported a successful strike on the Tamanneftegaz terminal near Volna and said a Russian Pantsir‑S1 air‑defense system was destroyed in occupied Crimea.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force said it neutralized 55 of 83 drones launched by Russia overnight, yet strikes and debris damaged Odesa’s railway depot and a tanker car, causing fires and service outages.
  • Russian officials reported large Ukrainian drone raids across multiple regions, with 13 drones downed near Moscow and power and heat disruptions reported in parts of Bryansk.
  • Heavy ground combat persisted, with Ukraine reporting 235 clashes in the past day and the fiercest fighting in the Pokrovsk sector, as delegations prepare to meet in Geneva this week.