Ukrainian Forces Intensify Strikes on Russian Oil Infrastructure, Causing Significant Damage
Ukrainian forces have escalated their long-range strike campaign against Russian oil infrastructure, focusing on critical sites in the Leningrad Oblast and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. On April 5, Ukrainian forces targeted the major oil export port of Primorsk, causing a fire, marking the third strike on this location in two weeks. Additionally, the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo was hit, resulting in fires and damage. These strikes are part of a broader Ukrainian strategy to disrupt Russian oil exports, with multiple attacks on oil terminals and refineries across Russia. The strikes have highlighted the limitations of Russian air defenses in protecting vast infrastructure over large distances.