
A major Russian natural gas processing plant was struck by Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, along with two of the former's communication centres. This is among the latest Ukrainian nighttime attacks on Russia.
The operation was part of Ukraine’s aerial campaign targeting energy facilities and military industries that has intensified as Kyiv builds bigger and better long-range weapons to ward off Russia’s full-scale invasion, now in its fifth year.
Moscow, in responding to these attacks, has ordered the redeployment of some of its air defense systems in the capital and the Kerch Bridge in Crimea, which is a vital supply link for Russian troops, connecting Crimean Peninsula with the mainland, as per Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“It is important that as many Russians as possible come to understand that it is the Russian leadership’s rejection of diplomacy that is prolonging the war,” Zelenskyy said on social media platform X.
The Ukraine president also said that Kyiv is planning to conduct more preemptive attacks on Russian facilities the country uses for its war.
"I instructed our intelligence services and military to act preemptively against facilities Russia uses to expand its war effort," Zelenskyy said, as per a report by news agency Reuters.
Ukraine was able to knock out power on Wednesday in the biggest city in Crimea, while also targetting facilities in central and southern Russia. This is causing fuel crisis to deepen in Russia.
The oil refinery in Moscow will be offline for six months at least, as per a report by Reuters, as it sustained extensive damage in drone attacks.
Official data published from Moscow revealed that Russia's production of petroleum products and coke dropped 13.5% year-over-year in May.
The country, which is the third -biggest oil producer, has stopped publishing much of its oil production and export data since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, told journalists in the Oval Office that Zelenskyy has been doing pretty well in fighting off the Russian forces.
"He's doing pretty well. He's holding his own, at least. A lot of people dying on both sides, but I think he's doing pretty well," Trump said, as per news agency AFP.
"You have to say he's courageous, he's got great equipment, but he's got great men, he's got fighters."
Trump and Zelensky most recently met during the G7 summit in France, where leaders agreed to intensify pressure on Russia to end more than four years of war with Ukraine.
The Ukraine conflict has now lasted longer that World War I.
With agency inputs
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