Key facts
- Ukraine launched overnight strikes targeting a major natural gas processing plant in Russia.
- Ukraine also targeted two key satellite communications centers in Russia.
- The gas complex reportedly caught fire.
- These attacks occurred over 1,200 kilometers behind Russian front lines.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Ukraine will conduct preemptive strikes on Russian facilities used to expand its war effort.
- Kyiv is intensifying drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
- Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russian-occupied Crimea.
- The Crimea attack reportedly hit energy infrastructure.
- The Crimea attack exacerbated existing power outages.
- Ukraine aims to isolate the Crimean peninsula.
Ukraine has escalated its campaign of strikes against Russian territory, targeting key infrastructure and facilities that support Moscow's war effort. According to Ukraine's General Staff, overnight attacks successfully struck a major natural gas processing plant and two critical satellite communications centers located over 1,200 kilometers behind the front lines. Reports indicate that the gas complex caught fire as a result of these strikes.