Ukrainian drones struck multiple strategic targets in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, including the Feodosia Marine Oil Terminal and several key electricity substations, sources within the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told Kyiv Post.
According to the sources, the strikes were carried out by drones from the SBU’s Central Special Operations “A” unit and the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Special Operations Forces, targeting infrastructure supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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“The SBU continues to systematically reduce the military, logistical, and economic capacity of the enemy to wage war against Ukraine. Our technical capabilities allow us to stage strikes both in temporarily occupied territories and deep in Russian rear areas,” an SBU source said.
The sources reported that at the Feodosia terminal, drones hit at least five oil storage tanks, sparking a massive fire. The attack also damaged a 220-kilovolt “Kafa” substation, part of Russia’s energy bridge to the peninsula, affecting transformers, a closed distribution unit, the dispatch center, and protective equipment, causing voltage fluctuations. A 330-kilovolt “Simferopol” substation also experienced a series of explosions.
The Telegram channel Krymsky Veter (“Crimean Wind”) reported multiple explosions early Monday and posted videos showing at least three oil tanks burning. Eyewitnesses said dozens of fire trucks rushed to the scene as thick smoke filled the sky. Satellite images later confirmed the scale of the blaze.
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“The fire is huge – thermal images show heat plumes over the city and the sea,” the channel wrote.
Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-backed head of Crimea, confirmed the attack, saying there were no casualties. “A fire broke out as a result. All emergency services are on site. Preliminary data suggest that air defenses shot down more than 20 drones,” he said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 103 Ukrainian drones overnight across Russia and occupied Crimea. Reports also said a 220-kilovolt “Kafa” electrical substation near Feodosia might have been hit.
The same oil depot was also hit last week, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s birthday, as part of a massive overnight drone assault on Oct. 6, when Ukrainian forces reportedly launched 250 to 300 aircraft toward 14 Russian regions and occupied Crimea.
It was the second-most massive one-night Ukrainian drone assault of the entire war, following a May 2025 wave of raids numbering a reported 524 aircraft.
That night, kamikaze drones hit and set ablaze a major fuel storage site in Feodosia, torching tens of thousands of liters of diesel and gasoline in the fuel-starved region.
The attack dealt a heavy blow to the peninsula’s energy supplies, though Kremlin-controlled media downplayed the incident, calling reports of damage “exaggerated” and assuring residents that fuel shortages and empty filling stations were “temporary.”
Ukrainian reports, backed by eyewitness accounts from Feodosia residents, said the strike involved 10 to 20 domestically produced Suchomimus drones – pusher-propeller aircraft carrying 50- to 100-kilogram (110- to 220-pound) warheads designed to pierce fuel infrastructure and ignite massive fires.
Major Russian outlets, including the state-run news agency TASS, briefly mentioned drone attacks across Russia but avoided describing the damage in Feodosia.
TASS claimed Russian air defenses shot down more than 180 Ukrainian drones nationwide and referred to the Feodosia blaze as a “man-made” fire – a euphemism for an accident caused by human error rather than military action.
The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that the Oct. 6 strike targeted the Marine Oil Terminal, a critical logistics hub transferring oil and fuel for Russian occupation forces. Ukrainian officials said the attack caused a large fire and disrupted supplies to Russian troops in southern Ukraine.
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