00:00Ukraine torches 10 Russian oil sites as Kremlin air defenses collapse.
00:05Moscow airport shuts down.
00:07Just after midnight, Ukrainian drones ignited oil sites and forced Moscow airports to close,
00:12grounding nearly 200 flights as strikes rippled across multiple Russian regions.
00:17Ukrainian drones traveled extraordinary distances,
00:20striking facilities in Krasnodar, Kaluga, and the Republic of Tatarstan in a wave.
00:26Some were over 1,100 kilometers away, among the war's deepest penetrations.
00:32From southern ports to central hubs, a wide arc of strikes, including Krasnodar-Krai refineries
00:38and impacts in Tatarstan and Kaluga, showed long-range reach and difficulty defending vast territory.
00:45Ukraine increasingly targets Russia's oil sector.
00:49By 2025, strikes had hit a significant portion of major refineries to disrupt fuel supplies
00:54and reduce export revenue, targeting processing and storage, rather than civilian infrastructure.
01:00Ukraine's unmanned systems forces confirmed strikes on 10 targets in one night.
01:06Targets included oil refineries, depots, fuel storage, air defenses, and command posts,
01:11with fires at multiple sites and at least one surface-to-air system destroyed.
01:15In Krasnodar-Krai, drones set the Ilsky refinery ablaze and struck the Tuap's refinery.
01:23In Tatarstan, the Almatyevsk facility reported damage and even temporary shutdowns at such nodes
01:28ripple through domestic supply chains.
01:31A depot linked to Russia's 51st Army near Ilyovsk ignited,
01:35and an oil depot in Lyudinova was struck.
01:39These losses directly affect military logistics,
01:41limiting fuel for vehicles, generators, and frontline operations.
01:46Ukraine reported destroying a Tor M-2 surface-to-air missile system near Shevchenko.
01:51In the Avdivka area, a command post of the 68th Tank Regiment,
01:55part of the 151st Motorized Rifle Division, was hit.
01:59On January 3-4, three Moscow airports, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky,
02:04temporarily closed amid Ukrainian drone threats.
02:07Nearly 200 flights were grounded, highlighting deep penetration into Russian territory
02:12and effects on the capital region.
02:13Russian interception claims contrasted with defenses stretched thin.
02:18Multiple regions reported impacts the same night, indicating saturation tactics,
02:23while the loss of a Tor M-2 showed assets struggling against coordinated swarms
02:28from different directions and altitudes.
02:30Refinery disruptions cut fuel exports and shutdowns forced a shift toward exporting crude
02:36over-refined products.
02:37Ukrainian officials call oil revenue Russia's war backbone.
02:40Each strike raises repair costs and strains budgets.
02:43Each strike raises repair costs and strains budgets.
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