On the night of 21 August, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces, in cooperation with other components of the Defence Forces, struck the Novoshakhtinsk Oil Products Plant and a number of other important targets belonging to the Russian aggressor.
This was reported by the General Staff.
“As part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s offensive potential and complicate the supply of fuel to the occupiers’ military units, on the night of 21 August, the Novoshakhtinsk Oil Products Plant (Rostov Region, Russian Federation) was struck. It is one of the largest suppliers of petroleum products in the south of the Russian Federation. It participates in supplying the Russian Armed Forces,” the statement said.
The total volume of the plant’s tanks is over 210,000 cubic metres.
The General Staff noted that numerous explosions were recorded and the target was hit.
In addition, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in order to reduce the Russia’s ability to use long-range UAVs, struck a drone warehouse and logistics hub in the temporarily occupied Donetsk. The strike and numerous explosions in the area of the facility have been confirmed.
- In addition, hits were recorded in the area of the Russian fuel and lubricants base in the Voronezh Region of the Russian Federation. The results of the fire damage are being clarified.
- This year alone, the Ukrainian Defence Forces’ deep strikes have caused Russia losses of more than 4% of its GDP (over $74 billion). Every tenth strike took place at a depth of more than a thousand kilometres from the state border of Ukraine.