A Russian drone strike has damaged a SOCAR fuel station in southern Ukraine, as both Russia and Ukraine reported new attacks on energy infrastructure and other targets.
According to Azertag, three Russian Shahed-type drones struck a SOCAR filling station in the village of Nechayane, in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region, on Saturday evening. The attack caused an explosion and damaged the station's administrative building.
SOCAR Energy Ukraine told Azertag that no one was injured because staff had followed air raid procedures and taken shelter before the strike.
The company said: "Thanks to pre-emptive safety measures, strict adherence to safety instructions during air raid alerts, and the availability of a shelter, more serious consequences were avoided."
The attack is the latest in a series of strikes on fuel facilities in Ukraine. Azertag reported that Russian forces have recently carried out mass drone attacks on petrol stations in several regions.
Last summer, two SOCAR filling stations in the Zhytomyr region were badly damaged in explosions. In August, a Russian drone attack on a SOCAR oil depot in the Odesa region sparked a fire and left four people seriously injured.
Meanwhile, Russian authorities said Ukrainian drones targeted several regions overnight.
Officials said attacks damaged the Baltic Sea ports of Vysotsk and Ust-Luga, one of Russia's main oil export terminals. Local governor Alexander Drozdenko said 56 Ukrainian drones had been shot down in the Leningrad region.
In Crimea, the Russian-appointed governor Sergei Aksyonov said a woman was killed in the city of Kerch in what he described as a Ukrainian drone strike. Authorities in Sevastopol also reported a temporary power blackout before electricity supplies were restored.
Regional officials in Kaluga said a drone strike caused a fire at an industrial site, while authorities in the Yaroslavl region said two people were injured by shrapnel after another attack. They added that around 70 drones had been intercepted overnight.
The latest exchanges underline the growing focus on energy infrastructure as both sides seek to disrupt supply lines and logistics.
The fighting comes as the war continues with no immediate sign of a breakthrough, despite repeated calls for a ceasefire from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and international efforts to revive peace negotiations.
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