Ukraine hits Russia's energy targets after US-brokered ceasefire ends


A satellite image shows smoke rising from an oil pumping station, following a Ukrainian drone attack, amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Perm, Russia, May 7, 2026. EUROPEAN UNION/COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. BRST QUALITY AVAILABLE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - ⁠Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Russia's oil refineries ⁠and ports on Wednesday, two days after ‌a three-day ceasefire proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump expired.

Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil infrastructure to undercut Moscow's revenues ​from the energy sector and dent ⁠its military might as ⁠the four-year war grinds on.

Russia's defence ministry said on ⁠Wednesday ‌that 286 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted and destroyed over Russian regions overnight.

In ⁠the southern Krasnodar region, drone fragments fell ​near an industrial ‌facility, causing a fire in the village ⁠of Volna, ​where Taman port's oil products and other terminals are located, regional authorities said.

Debris from a separate Ukrainian drone ⁠attack caused a fire at a ​gas processing plant, which also produces fuel, in Russia's southern Astrakhan region, the region's authorities said.

"All enemy ⁠aircraft were either shot down or neutralised by electronic warfare systems," Igor Babushkin, the local governor, wrote on Telegram. "The debris caused a fire."

Babushkin said there ​were no casualties or injuries and ⁠that the fire was expected to be extinguished ​within a few hours.

The plant ‌is located near the Caspian ​Sea, some 1,675 km (1,040 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Sharon Singleton)

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