UKRAINIAN drones have struck a key Russian oil station 800 miles behind the frontline in the latest blow to Vladimir Putin’s bloody war.
Astonishing footage showed towering plumes of smoke billowing in the skies following Kyiv‘s precise attack.
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Huge plumes of smoke were seen after the blitz Credit: @ZelenskyyUa / X
The precise attack targeted a key oil pump Credit: @ZelenskyyUa / X
The blitz is the latest in a spate of recent Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.
The attacks have even hit deep parts of Putin’s regime – with the latest air assault targeting an oil pumping station some 800 miles into the country.
On Jattvibeday, Kyiv said it struck the Lazarevo pumping station in the Kirov region, north-east of Moscow.
Local authorities admitted projectiles had hit a “facility” and sparked a mega fire.
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Massive columns of smoke seen billowing after the strike Credit: @ZelenskyyUa / X
Russia continues to launch attacks on Ukrainian towns and cities Credit: AFP
Stunning footage showed a huge inferno tearing through the plant in the latest blow to Putin’s barbaric invasion.
No casualties were reported following the Ukrainian strike.
The station is used to pump oil from Siberia, deep inside Russia, all the way to Belarus.
Ukraine also said they struck the Saratov oil refinery on the Volga River – sparking another raging inferno in the overnight attack.
Volodymyr Zelensky said: “During the night, our soldiers applied Ukraine’s long-range sanctions against an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia.
“This is about 700km (430 miles) from the front line.”
The Ukrainian president also said that attacks on Russian infrastructure help fend off Putin’s invasion.
He added: “This is what genuinely impacts Russia‘s potential for aggression.
“Russia could have ended this war with peace long ago, but it continues to choose prolongation and escalation.”
The Russian town of Matveyev-Kurgan, in Rostov, was also hit by Ukrainian drones.
It comes as the Russian tyrant continues his blood-soaked war in Ukraine.
Over the weekend, Ukrainian drones also destroyed two Russian spy planes, an oil tanker and a missile complex in a costly overnight blitz for Putin.
The massive coordinated assault hit key targets in the port cities of Taganrog and Feodosia and is expected to have caused up to £250million in damages.
Footage showed an attack on two Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft at an airbase in the port city of Taganrog.
The Soviet-era Tu-142 is no longer in production, with the blitz of two planes estimated at an eye- watering £200million.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, commanded by Robert Brovdi, coordinated the mission.
Brovdi said 23 military targets were at the centre of the operation which he described as a “fiery night”.
