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Large Overnight Drone and Missile Strike Damages Fuel Networks and Hits Civilians in Ukraine

The attack targeted fuel and energy infrastructure, signaling a push to disrupt logistics and cause cross-border power outages.

Overview

  • Ukrainian officials said a high-volume attack used roughly 90 strike drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile on the night of June 24–25, with Ukraine reporting it shot down about 83 drones.
  • Regional authorities and Naftogaz reported strikes on multiple gas stations and gas production and storage sites in Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava oblasts that caused fires, damage to facilities, and disrupted fuel supplies.
  • The strikes produced civilian harm across Ukraine, with regional reports listing at least six people killed and about 70 injured, and damage to homes, vehicles and public buildings.
  • Russian-appointed officials and monitoring channels reported power cuts and temporary electricity restrictions in annexed Crimea and a fire at a fuel depot in Krasnodar Krai after debris from drones fell there.
  • Moscow’s Defence Ministry gave higher tallies of Ukrainian drones downed over many Russian regions, a claim described in coverage as disputed, and analysts say the strikes fit a recent pattern targeting logistics and energy that has already curtailed refinery output and fuel availability.