Ukraine says it attacked an oil depot used by Russian Air Force

This attack is in a series of escalating cross-border attacks that Moscow and Kiev have carried out and targeted energy and military infrastructure almost three years after the Kremlin began its unprotested invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian defence forces hit a Russian oil depot in Engels” in the Saratov region, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said through a release published on social networks.

We should stress that this oil depot supplied gas to the military air base, Engels-2, where the enemy's strategic aviation” is located, was added in the announcement.

In earlier statements, Russian officials acknowledged that Ukraine had attacked the region with fear.

The Russian Defence Ministry said the air defence systems have toppled 32 Ukrainian fears overnight, including 11 over the Saratov region.

The region's governor, Roman Busargin, said emergency teams are dislocated in an industrial building that is involved in flames following a Ukrainian attack with fears. But he didn't elaborate on what building it was about.

Busargin added that there are no injuries to the attacks.

Kiev has also claimed responsibility for earlier attacks targeting oil depots, as Ukraine continues its efforts to cut Russian energy revenues, which it says it uses to finance its fight against Ukraine.

The destruction of the oil depot creates major logistical problems for Russian strategic aviation and significantly reduces its capacity to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities and civilian objects”, the Ukrainian Army said.

Meanwhile, Kiev also said that during the night Ukrainian air defence has down 41 Russian drones, meanwhile, 22 others have collapsed or disappeared from radar following intervention in their electronic systems.