Ukraine Strikes 3 Russian Targets, Hitting Black Sea Oil Tanker and Donetsk Logistics
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Updated · Kyiv Post · Jul 23
Ukraine Strikes 3 Russian Targets, Hitting Black Sea Oil Tanker and Donetsk Logistics
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · Jul 23
Summary
Overnight Wednesday-Thursday, Ukraine said it hit three Russian targets: an oil tanker in the Black Sea, a pontoon crossing near Novoekonomichne, and a troop concentration in Horlivka.
Kyiv said the tanker was carrying oil products and fuel for Russian forces, while the Donetsk crossing was supporting Russian logistics and the movement of personnel and equipment.
The General Staff gave no tanker identity or damage assessment and reported no casualty figures from the Horlivka strike, framing the attacks as part of a broader campaign to erode Russia’s military and economic capacity.
Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said a separate 48-hour drone push struck 13 Russian ships, 13 energy facilities in occupied Crimea and 13 shadow-fleet vessels, bringing the 13-day Operation Molochka total to 172 vessels hit.
The strikes come as Zelensky says Russia is intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea grain route; Ukrainian port authorities counted 23 port-facility strikes and 17 civilian vessels hit in the first two weeks of July.