Ukraine carries out further overnight strikes on Russian energy sector

Published on 06/11/2025 - 9:27 GMT+1

Ukraine’s equipped forces person reportedly struck and damaged Russia’s Volgograd lipid refinery overnight into Thursday, arsenic Kyiv intensifies its run targeting nan Kremlin’s power infrastructure, which it says costs Moscow’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine.

Photos and videos person circulated connected nan Telegram messaging platform, pinch residents reporting seeing incoming drones and rockets heading toward nan Volgograd refinery and progressive aerial defences successful nan early hours of Thursday.

A residential building and respective homes were damaged successful nan attack, Volgograd region Governor Andrey Bocharov reported, adding that 1 personification was killed.

"A civilian, a 48-year-old man, died arsenic a consequence of shrapnel from nan shelling," wrote Bocharov successful a station connected his charismatic Telegram channel.

The Volgograd politician besides confirmed that a occurrence collapsed retired successful nan business Krasnoarmeysky district. The refinery is located astir 450 kilometres from Ukrainian-controlled territory, successful Kramatorsk successful nan eastbound Donetsk region.

The refinery, operated by Russian lipid elephantine Lukoil, plays a cardinal domiciled successful supplying substance to nan Russian military, peculiarly to progressive units successful Ukraine's Donbas, nan astir progressive frontline successful Russia’s almost four-year-long full-scale invasion.

The installation has been targeted by Ukrainian forces successful nan past and was forced to halt accumulation connected astatine slightest 1 juncture aft sustaining captious damage.

Meanwhile, reports person besides been circulating astir different Ukrainian attack, targeting nan thermal power powerfulness works successful Volgorechensk, Kostroma region, which section Russian telegram accounts opportunity was rocked by drone attacks.

The works is astir 750 kilometres from Ukraine’s easternmost troops, displaying Kyiv’s important onslaught scope wrong Russia.

There were besides reports of further strikes against Russian power institutions, including an lipid depot successful nan annexed Crimean Peninsula.

The depot was struck successful Bitumne adjacent Simferopol, which besides plays a cardinal domiciled successful supplying substance to adjacent Russian forces and units.

Russia's warfare continues

The Ukrainian subject has yet to remark connected its caller activity of attacks. The attacks nevertheless are portion of an wide strategy of “bringing nan warfare to mean Russians” successful ways that do not consequence their lives.

Ukraine has antecedently stated that targeting power accommodation will impact mean citizens and perchance spark home unit connected Russian President Vladimir Putin to extremity nan warfare and prosecute successful bid efforts and talks aimed astatine instating an contiguous ceasefire.

Meanwhile, Russian attacks are continuing to target Ukrainian cities. Eight group were injured and respective fires were sparked successful nan metropolis of Kamianske successful Dnipropetrovsk region amid overnight Russian drone attacks.

"The force launched a large-scale drone onslaught connected Kamianske. Eight group person been injured. Several fires person surgery retired successful nan city. The tile and ceilings successful 1 of nan entrances of a four-storey building were partially destroyed,” said Vladyslav Haivanenko, acting caput of Dnipropetrovsk region Military Administration.

Haivanenko added that nan onslaught targeted chiefly civilian infrastructure, noting that galore residential properties and vehicles were destroyed successful nan strikes.

Russian attacks successful Ukraine person shown nary motion of slowing down contempt world efforts led by US President Donald Trump to extremity nan warfare Moscow started successful February 2022.