Strana 26
resumed full operation. That same night,
a pipeline in the Rostov region was also struck.
On Saturday, March 8, Ukrainian drones
attacked an oil refinery near St. Petersburg.
Several drones also struck a cannery in
Bryansk, which produced food rations for
Russian troops. Ukrainians also continued
their tactics of launching FPV drones from
naval drones in the Black Sea, using them
to destroy two Russian air defense systems
along the coast.
On the night of Monday, March 10, the target
was the Novokuybyshevsk refinery near
Samara, which produces aviation fuel for
strategic bombers.
The following night, Tuesday, March 11,
Ukrainians carried out one of the most
extensive attacks to date. They launched 337
drones at Russia, with 70 to 100 targeting
Moscow and over 120 targeting the Kursk
region. The drones hit railway facilities, fuel
depots, and other infrastructure. Debris from
intercepted drones and missiles from Russian
air defenses damaged several homes in the
suburbs of Moscow.
On Saturday, March 15, more than 100
drones again flew towards targets in Russia.
A refinery belonging to Lukoil and a railway
station near Volgograd were hit.
On Wednesday, March 19, the large
Kavkazskaya fuel depot near Krasnodar was
hit. It continued to burn and explode for nearly
a week.
A daring operation took place during the
night of Thursday, March 20, when Ukrainians
attacked Engels-2 airbase near Saratov—home
to the Russian strategic bombers used against
Ukrainian cities. Ukraine had previously
attacked this base several times. This time,
kamikaze drones hit an ammunition depot.
The Ukrainian General Staff later announced
that 96 Kh-101 cruise missiles were destroyed
in the strike. While the exact number is
unknown, secondary explosions shook the
area well into the next day. Unconfirmed
reports later surfaced on social media stating
that a Tu-95MS bomber was damaged, and its
pilot Ilya Balkin and flight engineer Yevgeny
Sidorov were killed.
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Comparison of the depot before (top) and after
the explosion, in Maxar images.
A burning fuel depot in Kavkazskaya as seen
in satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC.
Center of the Ukrainian city of Dobropillia after a Russian attack on March 7, which killed 11 people.
On March 12, a Russian missile hit a civilian ship
in Odesa killing four crew members.
Explosion of an ammunition depot at the Russian
Engels-2 air base.
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