Key facts
- One person was killed and nine were wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a residential building in Oryol, Russia.
- A drone strike ignited a fire at fuel storage facilities in Russia's Yaroslavl region.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the strikes targeted an important oil facility for Russia.
- British forces detained a tanker suspected of violating Russian oil sanctions.
Ukraine conducted drone attacks on Russian territory, resulting in one fatality and a fire at an oil facility. In the Oryol region, a drone struck a residential building, killing one person and injuring nine, according to regional Governor Andrei Klychkov. Simultaneously, fuel storage facilities in the Yaroslavl region caught fire following a drone strike. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on the oil facility, stating it was crucial for Russia's war effort. These strikes are part of Ukraine's ongoing campaign to target Russia's energy sector, which funds its invasion. Meanwhile, in a separate development, British forces detained a tanker in the English Channel suspected of violating international sanctions by shipping Russian oil, an operation Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as a blow to those fueling the conflict.