Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries and Black Sea monitoring station

Ukrainian forces launched strikes against several Russian targets, including two major oil refineries and a technical monitoring station in the Black Sea. The strikes targeted the Ilsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region, which has an annual capacity of approximately 6.6 million tons of crude oil, and the Syzran refinery in the Samara region, which processes about 8.5 million tons annually.

In the Black Sea, Ukrainian drone forces targeted a technical station operating on a self-propelled drilling platform used by the Russian military for monitoring. Reports indicate that between August 1 and August 8, Ukrainian forces hit 12 vessels belonging to the Russian shadow fleet in the Black and Azov Seas. Since the start of the