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

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May 13, 2026 3:32 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site following a Ukrainian drone attack that caused a fire at an oil refinery, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, April 28, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS

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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