Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 from the Londoners and had previously written for MyLondon, the Camden New Journal, BUST Magazine, and Washington Square News. She is a graduate of New York University and obtained her NCTJ at News Associates. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected].
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Ukraine has hit 10 critical infrastructure sites in Russia this week after using drone and missile strikes. Kyiv has made a concentrated effort throughout the war to affect many Russian oil depots, refineries, production plants and more to damage Moscow’s ability to continue fighting.
Newsweek’s map below illustrates what facilities Kyiv hit with drone and missile strikes this week.
Newsweek contacted the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for a comment through email outside the doors of the hours of operation.
Ukraine movements in 10 Russian energy facilities are vital because they are components of kyiv’s concerted effort to not only damage Moscow’s ability to continue financing war, but also harm one of its main industries in terms of . Ukraine led more than 80 drones attacks opposed to Russian refineries and oil deposits in 2024, and since the beginning of the New Year, this effort to damage those facilities that feed the army and the economy of Russia have continued. In addition, the reconstruction of these facilities is expensive, because the center of Russia Carnegie, an important colleague Sergey Vakulenko, in the past wrote that “they were probably” near dozens of millions of dollars consistent with the plant. “
Moreover, despite Western sanctions hampering Russia’s oil trade, Moscow’s economy relies on oil to survive, and it is already suffering. For 2024 alone, Russia’s economy ministry increased its estimated oil and gas export sales to $239.7 billion.
The Ukrainian forces carried out an incursion with drones on January 10 by launch , including the Chaltyr brick plant, which caused fire.
Kyiv then hit Taneco’s oil refinery in the Russian Tartars region, more than 1,000 kilometers [621 miles] of the front line, on January 11 in an air attack. One of the “largest and maximum and maximum fashion refineries of Russia”, the installation is Russian investment. War effort, since more than 16 million tons of oil can proceed every year. The air attack caused a fireplace on the site.
Russia also accused Ukraine of striking the Russkaya compressor station, which supplies gas through the Turkish Stream pipeline, in an attempt to “cut off gas supplies to European countries” on January 13. The pipeline transports gas from Russia to Turkey and supplies gas to southern parts of Europe, allowing Moscow to avoid using Ukraine as the intermediary for transit. Nine Ukrainian drones hit the compressor station in the village of Gai-Kodzor, in Krasnodar Territory and although the Russian Defense Ministry said all of the drones were shot down, the debris of one of the drones minorly damaged the site and equipment. This strike followed the end of Ukraine and Russia’s gas transit deal with the new year, halting the movement of Moscow’s gas to Europe.
Ukrainian forces also hit the Bryansk chemical factory overnight on Jan. 14, an attack with the Army’s Tactical Missile Formula (ATACMS) missiles, after employing drones to “distract” Russian air from defenses. The facility is known to celebrate the industry of the Russian Army by generating a cannon powder, through production portions for rockets and explosives and generating ammunition.
kyiv also hit the Krenniy El in Bryansk microelectronics factory, the orsinez chemical factory in northern Kazan, the Kristall oil refinery in Engels, the Kazanorgsinez factory in Kazan and the Aleksino Chemicals product factory that night, According to the Kyiv Independent. The strike in the Kristall oil refinery caused a break and burned a chimney plate for several days, affecting the Engels-2 air base, which serves. Aleksino’s chemical factory also caught the fireplace in the strike. Ukraine has tried to point to others near the chemical factories “six ATACM operating missile The Ministry of Defense. In general, the attack against drones and missiles went to 12 regions, adding Oryol, Saratov, Voronezh, Sumy and Tula and the Republic of Tatarstan.
Ukraine targeted an oil depot in Voronezh, in southwestern Russia, and conducted multiple drone strikes on the facility on January 15. There were no casualties reported. Newsweek is unable to independently verify the report made by the governor Alexander Gusev.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Iuliia Mendel, a former spokesperson for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote on X: “Ukrainian military strikes at oil depot near Russian Voronezh. The depot was storing fuel, which was supplied to the Russian military at the frontline.”
Tymofiy Mylovanov, president of the Kyiv School of Economics, wrote about X: “Ukraine’s evolved ability to hit Russia deep with drones on targets such as fuel depots, factory weapons, and army bases.
He added: “The bottom line is that two sides can play any game Russia starts. If Russia targets Ukraine with drones, Ukraine will develop capabilities and retaliate. Missiles are more difficult, but it is also likely to be a question of time for Ukraine.”
The continuous movements of Ukraine in the comforts of Russian power can end the war faster than Moscow needs because it uneartments more deeply.
Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 from the Londoners and had previously written for MyLondon, the Camden New Journal, BUST Magazine, and Washington Square News. She is a graduate of New York University and obtained her NCTJ at News Associates. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected].
Maya Mehrara is a Newsweek journalist founded on London, the United Kingdom, whose concentrate is in foreign news. Ukraine, Russia, immigration problems and the revolution in Iran have covered. Maya se unió a Newsweek en 2024 de londinenses y había escrito en el pasado para Mylondon, The Camden New Journal, Bust Magazine y Washington Square News. He graduated from the University of New York and obtained his NCTJ of News Associates. Languages: English. You can touch Maya by sending an email to m. mehrara@newsweek. com.