Ukrainian naval drones attacked Russian oil infrastructure for the first time

Two key Russian oil ports on the Black Sea coast have halted tanker loading after overnight warnings of drone attacks, according to Bloomberg. They export more than 2 million barrels of Russian and Kazakh oil a day to global markets.

Analysts from the OSINT community " Cyberboroshno " have analyzed photos and videos of the attack — they believe that naval drones hit one of the oil loading piers in the port of Tuapse. One of the videos shows the drone exploding upon contact with the pier.

Since early August, Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian oil assets, prompting the Russian Federation to ban gasoline exports and consider restricting diesel exports. These attacks have focused on oil refineries, but ports and pumping stations have also been targeted by the Defense Forces.

Earlier, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, together with specialists , publicly presented a series of Magura naval strike drones. Among them is the Magura V7 drone, which for the first time in history destroyed an enemy combat aircraft.

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