This is according to a report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook a strike was conducted on a fuel and lubricants storage facility near the town of Rovenky on the temporarily occupied territory in Luhansk region This base stored oil and petroleum products for the needs of the Russian army,” the General Staff noted an oil depot that had been attacked by the Ukrainian Defense Forces has been burning for four days The operation was carried out by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense in coordination with other Defense Forces components The General Staff recalled that this same oil depot had previously been targeted by the Ukrainian forces the Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully struck a maritime oil terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English You can get in touch with Brendan by emailing b.cole@newsweek.com or follow on him on his X account @brendanmarkcole either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content Ukraine said it successfully attacked a warehouse containing fuel used by Russia's military located in the partially occupied Luhansk oblast as locals posted video of the fiery aftermath of the strike Ukraine's General Staff said on Saturday that it had struck a depot containing fuel and oil in the city of Rovenky in the Luhansk oblast, which is one of four Ukrainian regions Vladimir Putin has claimed to have annexed but which is not fully controlled by Moscow ⚡ The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed a successful strike on an oil depot in temporarily occupied Rovenky, Luhansk region, which stored fuel for the Russian army.The extent of the damage is being determined. pic.twitter.com/QryLcDG8Ne "At the base were stored oil and petroleum products which were supplied for the needs of the army of the Russian Federation," the General Staff said in a Facebook post on Saturday adding that the strike was carried out by Ukraine's Main Intelligence Department and other parts of the country's military this oil depot had already been hit by Ukrainian weapons," added the post "combat work to undermine the military-economic potential of Russia continues." The statement did not specify which munitions were used but pro-Ukrainian social media channels said that it had been targeted by Ukrainian kamikaze drones next to video which purported to show efforts to extinguish the facility as it burned The site is roughly 80 miles from the frontline in Ukraine There were no immediate official comments or statements from the local occupying authorities and Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment "Ukraine also made an important strike at night, with another hit on an oil depot in the occupied part of the country," posted journalist Tim White on X "Ukrainian General Staff confirmed a strike on an oil depot in Russian-occupied Rovenky, Luhansk region. Locals post videos of a large fire after the strike," Anton Gerashchenko, former adviser to Ukraine's internal affairs minister, said, sharing videos Ukrainian General Staff confirmed a strike on an oil depot in Russian-occupied Rovenky, Luhansk region.Locals post videos of a large fire after the strike. pic.twitter.com/UpU5kgb7wI The pro-Ukrainian Euromaidan Press reported that the depot "holds strategic importance due to its location, as it serves as a key hub for supplying Russian military operations in eastern Ukraine." Kyiv has continued its ongoing strikes on Russian infrastructure using drones and missiles in a campaign which is aimed at hurting Vladimir Putin's military machine A fire has raged for days following a strike on October 7 on the largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea with satellite images showing thick plumes of black smoke coming out of the site in Feodosia The strike has caused a fuel shortage on the peninsula requiring Russian forces to set up mobile fuel locations "This situation shows that the destruction of objects of this scale critically affects both the supply of troops and the performance of combat missions of the (Russian) Armed Forces," it said in a Telegram post The local news outlet Crimean Wind posted on Telegram video of the explosion of another tank at the oil depot on Friday night noting that experts have said "it is impossible to extinguish such a fire until it burns out itself." Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a strike on an oil storage facility near Rovenky The information was confirmed by Ukraine's military General Staff and Defense Intelligence services "Oil and oil products were stored there which were used to supply the russian army," the report reads as evidenced by footage published on social media and statements from both russian authorities and Ukrainian officials NASA wildfire detection satellites recorded fires at the location of the oil storage base after the reports of the Ukrainian strike some remnants of the weapon used in this attack were found on the site Photos published by russian sources claim that the fragments shown below are parts of a Ukrainian jet drone The characteristic features are the "flying wing" configuration and limited implementation of stealth technologies An aerial vehicle of similar design was only spotted once before, in June 2024, when it crashed yet remained nearly intact. According to the russians who found this drone, it was powered by a single commercial SW140B turbine, OSINT expert H I Sutton noted in his article There is currently no verification of this data this mysterious drone wasn't the only one involved in this attack as more photos reveal wreckage of a different type of drone found near the burning oil depot in Rovenky a significantly larger and closer to a conventional aircraft The warehouse of oil and lubricants in Rovenky has suffered multiple attacks since 2022 the last time it was targeted by Ukrainian forces was on May 10 as the country faces key debates over social policy and national security that could shape its political trajectory The annual report said Russia is using aggressive tactics such as unauthorized airspace incursions and close encounters with NATO ships and aircraft including Iranian-designed Shahed-type drones located about 70 kilometers northwest of Donetsk remains one of the most fiercely contested sectors of the front where Russia has concentrated its main offensive efforts since March (Updated: May 6, 2025 11:41 am)Ukraine's drones target Moscow second night in a row, Russian official claims, ahead of Victory Day parade. Debris from one of the drones reportedly fell on the Kashirskoye Highway The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." Vice President Mike Pence said Putin "only understands power." About 800 million euros ($905 million) will be allocated for the acquisition and installation of anti-tank mines to deter potential aggression (Updated: May 6, 2025 9:36 am)War analysis France is sending Ukraine more AASM Hammer bombs — here's what they can do Polish President Andrzej Duda said the United States has tools that can effectively influence the Kremlin arguing that only President Donald Trump has real leverage over Russian President Vladimir Putin The number includes 1,430 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" by Benjamin Nathans which covers dissent in the Soviet Union and Russia today Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on May 5 announced they had facilitated Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash's escape from Russia to France after she fled house arrest on April 21 A Russian drone attack on Odesa Oblast on May 5 killed one and caused damage to local infrastructure Dominic is the business reporter for the Kyiv Independent He has written for a number of publications including the Financial Times Dominic worked with StopFake as a disinformation expert Russia is destroying Russian Orthodoxy in Ukraine, hiding behind the protection of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, said Natalia Mudrenko an adviser at the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations during a meeting of the UN Security Council Mudrenko’s statement came after Russia accused Ukraine of persecuting the Russian church in Ukraine “Moscow has once again used the Council’s platform to promote the interests of the Russian Orthodox Church That Church has been responsible for providing ideological support of the aggression and its leader has translated military propaganda narratives in tune with the Kremlin,” Mudrenko said Mudrenko stated that Russia is stealing Ukrainian dioceses and the Russian Orthodox Church is involved in the occupation Russians seized all three Crimean dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate “These actions were taken against the very church whose rights the Russian delegation pretends to protect by requesting this meeting,” the diplomat emphasized Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Patriarchate instills in Russians the belief that the war against Ukraine is a “god-pleasing cause.” “He does not waste time preaching about peace and does not refer to biblical commandments like ‘thou shall not kill’ but directly calls for mobilization he calls on the church to ‘pray for the authorities and the military and also be on the front lines,'” Mudrenko said Russian priests who try to speak about peace as the main value face internal church repression the adviser to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN added The Russians have spread to the occupied territories the repressive practices that have long existed in Russia The recent data shows that more than 500 religious facilities in Ukraine have been damaged Ukraine accused Patriarch Kirill (Gundyayev) of the Russian Orthodox Church of justifying Russia’s armed aggression constituting an attack on Ukraine’s territorial integrity and inviolability [email protected] [email protected] FB: @uwcongress A powerful explosion occurred in the capital of Chechnya (Russia) on Saturday Reports online say the explosion happened at a gas station near one of the colleges in Grozny Local media say that the explosions are allegedly continuing The cause of the incident is still unknown Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels report at least four injured people A cylinder from a gas station allegedly fell on them after it was thrown back by the shock wave Footage from the scene of the incident is published online The video shows a powerful explosion that caused a huge fire in the area of the Russian-occupied Rovenky there were explosions and a large-scale fire broke out The online reports said about a drone attack on an oil depot Later, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on the warehouse of fuel in Rovenky. 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