Overnight on July 17, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl Oblast, the patrol ship Svetlyak and a fuel terminal in Kerch, plus tankers and a tugboat in the Black and Azov Seas.
While the enemy shells Ukrainian cities night after night, Ukraine's Defense Forces are a reminder that this war runs in both directions. Overnight on July 17, Ukrainian units carried out a series of strikes on military and fuel facilities on Russian territory and in occupied Crimea. Volunteers Support Ukraine considers it important to cover this kind of news too — it shows that the aggressor's capabilities are not limitless.
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed a strike on the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl Oblast — one of Russia's largest refineries, with a capacity of roughly 15 million tons a year. A fire broke out on the facility's grounds.
Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that every strike like this reduces the aggressor's ability to keep its war machine supplied with fuel.
In Kerch, Ukrainian forces struck the Project 10410 "Svetlyak"-class patrol ship, a fuel terminal and a fuel-and-lubricants depot — fires broke out across the city afterward, including at the railway.
Volunteers Support Ukraine points out that Russia uses ships of this kind to patrol and escort vessels, so hitting them directly affects the occupiers' logistics in the Black Sea.
Two tankers, including a gas carrier, and a tugboat were also struck in the Black and Azov Seas — vessels the General Staff links to the so-called shadow fleet that circumvents international sanctions.
Volunteers Support Ukraine believes that striking the shadow fleet is another way to make this war more costly and more difficult for the aggressor.
Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow. The Defense Forces' successes at sea and in the enemy's rear are exactly what keeps this work going every day.
