Ukraine’s military hit a Russian oil refinery in Krasnodar region and an oil terminal in the port of Novorossiysk, it said on Tuesday.
Kyiv’s forces have stepped up long-range attacks on Russian targets, particularly oil facilities, as fighting between the two countries grinds toward its four-year mark.
In a statement on social media, the General Staff said that devices for loading and unloading oil onto tankers were hit. It also said a Russian A-60 reconnaissance aircraft was struck during an attack on the Beriev military plant.
Separately, an official from Ukraine’s SBU domestic security service said the attack damaged a large landing vessel that had been moored near the pier of a naval base in Novorossiysk.
Novorossiysk was most recently targeted by a drone strike earlier this month, forcing the port to temporarily suspend operations. Oil exports have since resumed, however several berths were reportedly damaged in the attack’s aftermath, resulting in delays.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder Editing by Peter Graff)