Strikes hit oil sites in Russia and Crimea

On June 8, 2026, Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on oil facilities in southern Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukrainian and Russian officials. Ukraine’s General Staff said several key fuel sites were targeted, leading to fires and emergency responses across multiple regions.

The General Staff described the action as hitting both mainland Russian energy infrastructure and oil storage in Crimea, where facilities are used to support Russian military operations. Russian authorities acknowledged incidents at energy assets and reported large-scale air defenses against Ukrainian drones.

Ukraine’s General Staff said the Grushovaya oil transshipment base near Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai was struck and caught fire. Regional authorities reported no casualties and said about 130 rescue workers were deployed to extinguish the blaze.

Officials also reported a fire at the Krasny Yar linear production and dispatching station in the Volgograd region. Volgograd Governor Andrei Bocharov said there were no injuries at the site. Details on the extent of material damage at either facility were not provided in the available reports.

Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck the Semykolodezkaya oil base in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, describing it as a storage site for fuel reserves supplying the Russian military. The strike sparked a fire at the facility, according to the General Staff.

In addition, the General Staff reported a strike on an oil depot near Feodosia in Crimea. Russian-installed authorities did not provide detailed public accounts of damage to these specific sites in the available information.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 310 Ukrainian drones overnight. The ministry reported interceptions over the Moscow region, western and southwestern Russia, occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.

The ministry did not break down how many drones were linked to the individual oil facility incidents. Ukrainian officials did not provide specific figures for drones used in the operations in the available accounts.

Separately, Russian-installed authorities in Crimea reported that a Ukrainian drone struck a passenger train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol. The incident occurred in occupied Crimea and led to casualties among the train crew.

According to those authorities, the drone strike injured the train driver and killed the driver’s assistant. Passenger rail traffic in Crimea was halted following the incident, and passengers were evacuated using replacement buses, the operators said.

In response to the situation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia’s Energy Ministry and other agencies were working on measures related to the fuel situation in Crimea. He did not specify what steps were under consideration.

The combination of reported strikes on oil facilities and the disruption to passenger rail services highlighted strain on both energy logistics and civilian transportation in the peninsula, based on statements from Ukrainian and Russian-linked authorities.