Rosneft refinery from Russia, hit by Ukrainians. Photo: Capture X.
Ukraine hit the Syzara region of Samara on Thursday night on Thursday night and attacked a cargo ship used for the transport of military materials from Iran to Russia, Kiev announced on Friday, according to Reuters.
The attacks took place a few hours before the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, to discuss the Ukraine's war, which Ukraine was not invited, and while Russia advances to eastern Ukraine.
Faced with regular rockets and drones from Russia, Ukraine has directed most of the long-distance attacks against Russian oil refineries and “storage facilities” this year, according to new General Staff Data published on Friday.
The Ukrainian army did not confirm if he used drones – as usual – for the last two long distance attacks.
In a statement posted on Telegram, the Kiev army said that his attack caused a fire and explosions at the Syzran refinery, which, according to her, produces a wide range of fuels and is one of the largest in the Rosneft oil company. Images online shows a fire at the facilities there.
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Samarea's regional governor said that a drone attack caused a fire at an “industrial enterprise” in its region, claiming that it was quickly extinguished.
The Ukrainian army also said that the port of the Olya Caspian Sea in the Russian region Astrahan, hitting a ship carrying drone and ammunition pieces from Iran on Thursday.
The “Port Olya-4” ship regularly transits the Caspian Sea, transporting goods between Iran and Russia, according to the US Treasury Department and Ukrainian military intelligence services.
Russia uses the port of Olya as an important logistics center for the supply of military materials in Iran, the Ukrainian army said on Friday in a statement.
In September last year, the Treasury and the US State Department imposed sanctions on the ships and companies that they stated were involved in the supply of Moscow with Iranian weapons.
The terminals and ports represented 7% of the successful Ukrainian attacks on the Russian territory since the beginning of 2025, the Ukrainian army said.
Most Ukrainian attacks took place between 200 and 1,000 kilometers, she added. Ukraine has estimated that its attacks caused $ 74.1 billion damage this year, but did not provide details on its calculations.
