Drones attacked the Russian city of Yaroslavl, located north-east of Moscow, more than 700 kilometres from the state border with Ukraine, on the night of 11-12 December. The strike caused a fire at the local oil refinery.

A Ukrainian drone strike ignited a major fire at Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar, while additional attacks hit a military aviation plant and two “shadow fleet” tankers in the Black Sea. Ukraine says the strikes targeted key logistics hubs supplying Russian frontline operations.

THIS is the thrilling moment Ukrainian sea drones blow up yet another of Russia’s shadow fleet vessels. The Dashan tanker was left floundering and on fire after being ambushed in the Black

Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels including a ship carrying food supplies, Ukrainian officials and one ship owner said, days after Moscow threatened to cut "Ukraine off from the sea".

As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this is one of the largest refineries of the occupants, which is capable of processing from 15 million tons of oil and oil condensate per year. It is involved in supplying the armed forces of the Russian invaders.

Two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, have caught fire in the Black Sea a few dozen nautical miles off the Turkish coast. Their crews are safe as the causes of the explosions are being investigated.

Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, signalling an expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off Russian energy revenues funding its war.

On the night of December 12, drones attacked Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow. The attack targeted the local oil refinery Slavneft-YANOS, which is one of the five largest oil refineries in Russia. — Ukrinform.

The reported attack on the Midvolga-2 comes days after Ukraine hit two other Russian-flagged ships in the Black Sea.

Millions of Ukrainians have been plunged into periodic darkness and cold as Russian drones and missiles wage a systematic long-range campaign.