Ukraine claims to have hit oil base in Russia
During the night, Russian batteries shot down 59 Ukrainian drones, one of which caused a fire at a refinery in the Volgograd region
The Ukrainian General Staff stated this Saturday that attacks carried out by the Armed Forces have hit an oil base in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation and several targets in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
“As part of the measures to reduce the offensive capabilities of the “On the night of January 10, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the Zhutovskaya oil base, which is involved in supplying fuel to the occupying forces,” the statement said. The General Staff confirmed that the “target was hit. Furthermore, a drone depot belonging to a unit of the Russian 19th Motorized Rifle Division was hit in Russian-controlled territory in the southern Zaporizhzhia region,” it stated. “A drone command and control post in the Pokrovsk area of ??the eastern Donetsk region was also struck,” it added. Ukrainians expect their Western partners to maintain their commitment to the planned security guarantees, despite Russia’s launch of an Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile against the Lviv region, which borders European Union (EU) territory. NATO.
Details about the missile strike on the western city of Lviv on Friday remained limited on Saturday, although Ukrainian experts suggest the Oreshnik caused only minor damage to an unknown target.
The attack was intended to send a signal to Ukraine's partners that Russia will not tolerate the presence of its forces in the country, following plans announced at the Coalition of Volunteers summit in Paris last Tuesday, where the preparation of a multinational peacekeeping force was discussed once a ceasefire is in place, according to several analysts.
(mn/efe, ap)

