Ukraine Hits Russian Energy Hubs After Deadly Market Strike in Nikopol

Overview

• Ukrainian drones hit the Primorsk oil port and set fires at the NORSI refinery in Nizhny Novgorod, striking a key export terminal and one of Russia’s largest gasoline producers.
• Regional officials said shrapnel punctured a Primorsk fuel tank and caused leaks, and Novorossiysk issued air-raid alerts that typically halt oil loading and disrupt exports.
• Ukraine reported high interception rates against Russia’s latest holiday-period barrages while counting at least six fatalities from strikes across several regions.
• A Russian drone attack on a market in Nikopol killed five people and injured about two dozen, according to the Dnipropetrovsk regional administration.
• Russian authorities said Ukrainian drones and missiles hit the Rostov region, killing one person and damaging a warehouse and a foreign-flagged ship in the Sea of Azov.