Ukraine Claims Successful Strike on Moscow Pipeline That Supplies Russian Forces
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KYIV Ukraine AP Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army Ukraines military intelligence said Saturday a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraines energy infrastructure
The operation was carried out late Friday according to a statement on the Telegram messaging channel The agency which is known by its acronym HUR described it as a serious blow to Russias military logistics
HUR said its forces struck the Koltsevoy pipeline which spans 400 kilometers 250 miles and supplies the Russian army with gasoline diesel and jet fuel from refineries in Ryazan Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow
The operation which targeted infrastructure near Ramensky district destroyed all three fuel lines HUR said
The pipeline was capable of transporting up to 3 million tons of jet fuel 28 million tons of diesel and 16 million tons of gasoline annually HUR said
Our strikes have had more impact than sanctions said Kyrylo Budanov the head of HUR referring to international sanctions on Russia imposed over its fullout war and the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Elsewhere a civilian died and 15 more were injured after Russia struck southern Ukraine with a ballistic missile on Saturday morning local official Vitaliy Kim said A child is among those injured in the strike on the Mykolaiv regi he said and added that Russia used an Iskander missile
Another Russian strike early Saturday sparked a fire at a gas plant in the central Poltava region Ukraines emergency service reported
The latest strikes came as Russia keeps up massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraines energy infrastructure attacks that brought power outages and restrictions across Ukraine earlier this week in what Kyiv described as a systematic energy terror
Moscow launched 223 drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday 206 of which were shot down according to the Ukrainian air force Seventeen struck targets in seven Ukrainian regions the air force said without providing details
Russia also hit an agricultural enterprise in Ukraines northern Chernihiv region injuring a 66year old woman there according to a Telegram update by regional government official Viacheslav Chaus
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