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Ukraine’s Defense & Military Developments (1/2)
>>> The Ukrainian Navy confirmed the loss of a Russian Su-30SM fighter jet over the Black Sea during a mission southeast of Snake Island, Odesa region. Naval intelligence intercepted Russian radio communications reporting loss of contact; Ukrainian reconnaissance detected wreckage floating on the water.

>>> Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (HUR) drones hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai — the largest refinery in southern Russia — igniting a fire that spread to multiple processing units and destroyed storage tanks. Satellite imagery showed at least three heavily damaged production facilities.

>>> Ukrainian long-range UAVs attacked the Lukoil Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery in Volgograd, which processes 14.8 million tons of oil annually, causing an explosion, a large-scale fire, and a complete production shutdown. FIRMS satellite data confirmed intense burning at the site.

>>> In the last 12 days, Ukrainian drone strikes have disabled five Russian oil refineries — in Volgograd, Afipsky, Bryansk, Ryazan, and Novoshakhtinsk — forcing each to halt operations.

>>> Ukrainian forces repelled a large mechanized assault by Russia’s 42nd Motorized Rifle Division on Mala Tokmachka in the Orikhiv sector. The battle destroyed one T-72B3 tank, four light buggies, four motorcycles, damaged two BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and one BTR-82A armored personnel carrier, eliminating 16 Russian soldiers and wounding 10.