Updated
Updated · Kyiv Post · Jun 27
Ukrainian Drones Hit Vtorovo Oil Hub Again in June, Pressing Moscow in 40-Day Campaign
Updated
Updated · Kyiv Post · Jun 27

Ukrainian Drones Hit Vtorovo Oil Hub Again in June, Pressing Moscow in 40-Day Campaign

3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · Jun 27

Summary

  • SBU drones struck the Vtorovo oil pumping station in Russia’s Vladimir region, hitting technical buildings and triggering detonations in the second reported attack on the facility this month.
  • The Transneft-Upper Volga site is a key node for refined products, pumping diesel into the Moscow Ring Oil Product Pipeline and supporting exports through Baltic Sea ports.
  • SBU said the strike was part of a 40-day operation approved by President Volodymyr Zelensky to pressure Russia into ending the war by damaging logistics and air-defense capacity.
  • That campaign already includes attacks in occupied Crimea, where Ukrainian forces said they targeted an S-400 system and the Zaliv shipyard, setting fires on two Project 15310 cable-laying ships and a ferry.

Insights

With key oil hubs now under fire, could Ukraine's drone campaign spark a crippling fuel crisis in Moscow?
Can Ukraine's drone swarm strategy cripple Russia's war economy and force an end to the conflict?