00:00Ukrainian drones obliterate 20 fuel tanks, 70% of Russian port.
00:05A large Ukrainian drone strike on the night of December 5th has severely damaged Russia's Temryuk seaport in Krasnodar Krai,
00:12dealing one of the most significant recent blows to Moscow's fuel logistics along the southern front.
00:18According to Ukraine's general staff, the attack destroyed about 70% of the fuel storage capacity at the Maktrin-Nafta liquefied natural gas terminal,
00:27a major hub supplying Russian forces in southern Ukraine and the Donbass region.
00:32Ukrainian drones reportedly destroyed more than 20 of the terminal's 30 storage tanks,
00:37each with a capacity of about 200 cubic meters of liquefied gas.
00:42The initial explosion and subsequent fire covered roughly 3,000 square meters, sending flames and smoke over the port area.
00:49Accounts from the scene and official reports indicate the fire burned continuously for three days,
00:55centered on the liquefied gas-loading rack.
00:58The combination of destroyed tanks, damaged rail infrastructure and scorched handling equipment
01:03has left the terminal largely inoperable for the time being.
01:07Temryuk seaport lies on the Taiman Peninsula,
01:10serving as a key outlet on the Black Sea and Azov Sea,
01:13for liquefied petroleum gas, oil products and petrochemicals.
01:18Ukrainian military briefings framed the destruction of roughly 70% of the port's storage capacity
01:23as a direct hit on the fuel backbone of Russian forces operating in southern Ukraine and the Donbass.
01:30With Temryuk heavily damaged,
01:32Russia must reroute fuel over longer and potentially more vulnerable supply lines,
01:36adding time, cost and risk.
01:38Ukrainian forces carried out additional attacks on the night of December 8,
01:43hitting several targets supporting Russian military operations.
01:46Reported strikes damaged ammunition depots near Khmerivka in Luhansk Oblast,
01:51drone storage facilities in Donetsk City,
01:54fuel depots near Simeikini,
01:56and a Panzer S-1 air defense system.
01:59Ukrainian security officials argue that Russia's oil and gas sector
02:02provides crucial funding for military operations,
02:05and that hitting export and domestic fuel facilities
02:08is intended to restrict those financial flows.
02:11Russia has responded to Ukrainian attacks on fuel and export sites
02:15by intensifying missile and drone strikes on Ukraine's energy grid.
02:19However, repeated Ukrainian strikes raise downtime and maintenance costs,
02:23and force more frequent overhauls of aging or damaged systems.
02:27As winter deepens and diplomatic efforts remain stalled,
02:30the question is whether sustained attacks on critical infrastructure
02:34will eventually shift the strategic calculations in Moscow and Kiev,
02:38or further entrench a costly stalemate marked by recurring strikes
02:41on energy and industrial targets on both sides of the front line.
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