The General Staff confirmed the strikes on tankers and other key Russian targets

The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a number of key military and logistical facilities belonging to the Russian occupiers in maritime areas, in the temporarily occupied territories, and directly within the Russian Federation. 

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Specifically, two Russian tankers (one of which is a gas carrier) and a tugboat in the Black and Azov Seas were struck; these vessels are used to transport fuel for the Russian Armed Forces and to circumvent international sanctions. 

In Kerch, a Project 10410 patrol ship “Svetlyak,” the “TES-Terminal-1” oil terminal, and a fuel and lubricants depot were struck, while an oil depot in Shakhtarsk, Donetsk Oblast, was also hit.

To disrupt enemy logistics, a railway bridge across the Kalmius River near Staromariivka in the Donetsk region and a road bridge near Kozino in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation were destroyed. In addition, on July 16, a strike was carried out against the “Slavneft-Yanos” oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia. This is one of the largest refineries in central Russia, which supplies the needs of the Russian military-industrial complex. A fire broke out on the refinery’s premises; the extent of the damage is being assessed. Additionally, the Defense Forces struck a logistics depot near Pokrovsk and a command and observation post in the Novotroitske area of Donetsk Oblast.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukrainian UAVs attacked energy facilities and air defense systems in occupied Crimea.

The drones struck one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes—the “Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat” plant in Bashkortostan. The Afipsk Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar Krai was also targeted.