Ukrainian forces launched another major drone attack on Russia on Wednesday that killed at least four people and knocked out power in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea.
According to the Russian news agency TASS, two civilians were killed in Gorlovka, a town in the Russian-controlled Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, and another two civilians were killed by a drone attack in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast inside Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces shot down a total of 323 drones over multiple Russian regions.
Ukrainian officials said that drones targeted the main power substation in Sevastopol overnight, causing a blackout in the city. Ukrainian drones have been hammering Crimea, targeting its oil supply, which led to the governor announcing a halt in gas sales to civilians. On Sunday, Ukrainian drones killed four civilians in Crimea and damaged an oil refinery.
Ukraine’s military on Wednesday also said that its forces targeted the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant in Russia’s Orenburg Oblast, which is more than 750 miles from the frontline in Ukraine. The long-range Ukrainian drone attacks always risk an escalation between Russia and NATO since the US and NATO are known to provide intelligence for the operations.
In response to Ukraine’s escalating drone attacks, Russia has ramped up its bombardment of Ukrainian cities, and according to Ukrainian officials, at least one civilian was killed by a Russian attack in Kharkiv, and one was killed in Sumy. Norwegian People’s Aid, a Norwegian charity involved in de-mining efforts in Ukraine, said that two of its employees were killed by a Russian attack in Ukraine’s Kherson region.
