{"id":7799,"date":"2026-07-10T17:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/ukraine-chokes-fuel-to-crimea-russian-consumers-targeting-military-supply\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:35:49","slug":"ukraine-chokes-fuel-to-crimea-russian-consumers-targeting-military-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/ukraine-chokes-fuel-to-crimea-russian-consumers-targeting-military-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine chokes fuel to Crimea, Russian consumers, targeting military supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Ukraine appeared to have begun large-scale strikes against Russian shadow tankers attempting to supply occupied Crimea with fuel, as an energy crisis on the peninsula worsens.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Ukraine has continued to cause fuel shortages in Russia itself, striking refineries deep inside the country, including, for the first time, the Omsk refinery in Siberia, Russia\u2019s largest, 2,500km (1,553 miles) from the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/7\/russian-missile-strikes-hit-ukraines-capital-kyiv-for-third-time-in-a-week\">Russian attacks on Ukraine kill seven as NATO leaders meet in Ankara<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/7\/8\/why-have-half-a-million-russians-gone-bankrupt-amid-ukraine-war\">Why have half a million Russians gone bankrupt amid Ukraine war?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/9\/trump-targets-spain-nato-backs-ukraine-is-the-alliance-still-united\">Trump targets Spain, NATO backs Ukraine: Is the alliance still united?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/10\/trump-grants-kyiv-patriots-licences-whats-next-in-the-russia-ukraine-war\">Trump grants Kyiv Patriots licences: What\u2019s next in the Russia-Ukraine war?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi said his forces had struck 19 Russian tankers, a cargo ship and a ferry between July 6 and 8, including nine tankers on the night of July 7.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4756930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4756930\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08T162714Z_1060892064_RC2S9MAO34HS_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-KYV-1783690339.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C551&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Residents stand near an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2026. REUTERS\/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4756930\">Residents stand near an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 8, 2026 [ [Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk told newspaper Suspilne that Russia had rerouted fuel supplies to Crimea after Ukraine deprived it of overland routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had few options left. It\u2019s either a land corridor or a sea connection,\u201d Pletenchuk said. \u201cAs far as we know, they don\u2019t use the Kerch Bridge for such transportation in the necessary volumes,\u201d he said, referring to the bridge connecting Crimea to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine detonated a truck on the bridge in 2022, setting alight a fuel train that had been travelling alongside it and demonstrating the risk of using the bridge for large volumes of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine pivoted to attacking Crimea in the past few weeks after disabling the oil offloading terminal at Novorossiysk, on the opposite Russian coast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were slowing down the militarisation of our peninsula occupied by Russia,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cut off the logistics and took control of the fuel and energy complex. We showed what it means to operationally control the sky at a specific point, at a specific time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Presidential Office in Crimea said these strikes had caused \u201ca management crisis on the peninsula\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In Sevastopol, fuel has stopped being sold to civilians, and more than a dozen Crimean regions are suffering from electricity blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine continued strikes on the peninsula in the past week, destroying seven Sukhoi aircraft and two sheds containing Shahed aerial drones at the Saky airfield on July 3, the Kerch oil transhipment terminal on July 6 and three hangars at the Guardsman airfield on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine also kept up pressure on Russia, launching what mayor Sergei Sobyanin said was its largest strike on Moscow in two years.<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 Ukrainian drones were downed while heading for the city on July 7, which was the first day of a NATO summit in Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen our drones weren\u2019t flying to Moscow and St Petersburg, [Russian president Vladimir] \u00a0Putin didn\u2019t think much about it. He understood that the war was far from the Kremlin,\u201d Zelenskyy told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen not a hundred drones, but a thousand would start flying to Moscow, and when he would feel and see this, he would be advised to move somewhere beyond the Urals. This would be a moment like a new page on the path to ending the war.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4756928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4756928\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-07T151123Z_1162865429_RC2Y8MA8JUMQ_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-KYIV-CAT-1783690336.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C534&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"A rescuer hands a cat named Boniya, found under the rubble of an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike a day earlier, to Anastasia Sorokina, a friend of the cat owner who had lost her husband's brother and his wife living in the apartment next door as a result of the attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 7, 2026. REUTERS\/Sergiy Karazy TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4756928\">A rescuer hands a cat named Boniya, found under the rubble of an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike a day earlier, to Anastasia Sorokina, a friend of the cat owner in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 7, 2026 [Sergiy Karazy\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine struck several energy targets during the week, furthering its twin goals of starving Russia of petrol and export revenue from oil.<\/p>\n<p>The SBU said it struck and set alight the St Petersburg oil terminal on July 4, which it described as \u201cone of the largest oil product transshipment terminals in the Baltic region\u201d. Zelenskyy posted video purporting to show the terminal in flames.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Ukraine\u2019s General Staff said its forces had struck the Slavneft Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl, 700km (430 miles) from Ukraine, the Ust-Luga refinery on the Baltic Sea, and the Omsk Refinery. Russia\u2019s defence ministry said it had shot down 613 of 625 Ukrainian drones detected in the airspace overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Air Force said that Russia had lost 42.7 percent of its refining capacity over the past year, and suffered $13.5bn of damage to oil infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>These strikes have cumulatively caused petrol and diesel shortages in the Russian market, with consumers in urban hubs lining up to fill their cars.<\/p>\n<p>During the week, Ukraine also struck the Kremny EL Group in Bryansk, which it said manufactured microchips, semiconductors and other electronics for the armed forces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4756960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4756960\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-07T092220Z_1724691447_RC2V8MA1F72L_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-KYIV-AFTERMATH-1783690821.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Rescuers working at a site of a Russian missile and drone strike on the previous day, during which residential building was heavily damaged, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, are seen through broken glass, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 7, 2026. REUTERS\/Alina Smutko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4756960\">Rescuers working at a site of a Russian missile and drone strike on the previous day, during which a residential building was heavily damaged, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, are seen through broken glass, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 7, 2026 [Alina Smutko\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zelenskyy said the air war would prove \u201cdecisive\u201d, because in 2026 Ukraine\u2019s ground troops had effectively stopped Russia\u2019s slow advance of the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Independent assessments have suggested that Russia gained a total of 97 square kilometres (37 square miles) in the first six months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe war is ongoing, but the front line is no longer moving. When the front line is almost not moving, and the enemy cannot invade by sea, the sky remains,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump handed Zelenskyy a major victory at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, saying he would license Ukraine to produce interceptor missiles for anti-air systems.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has been campaigning for a licence to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/10\/trump-grants-kyiv-patriots-licences-whats-next-in-the-russia-ukraine-war\">build Patriot interceptors<\/a>, which he believes Ukraine can do faster and more cheaply than the US or European manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>But Zelenskyy said Patriots ultimately are not the answer for European air defence, announcing his intention to develop FREYA, a Ukrainian-designed anti-ballistic system like Patriot \u201cbut with a higher production capacity and at a lower cost\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"is-russia-losing\">Is Russia losing?<\/h2>\n<p>Zelenskyy\u2019s commander-in-chief warned against dismissing Russia too easily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still too early to talk about a qualitative turning point in the war,\u201d Oleksandr Syrskii wrote on his Telegram messaging channel. \u201cThe aggressor is showing signs of exhaustion, but retains significant offensive potential,\u201d adding that Russia \u201cplans to extend the front line, which already exceeds 1,250 kilometres (777 miles).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin relaunched the narrative that Moscow will overrun the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, four-fifths of which Russia already controls.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised meeting with his top generals on July 3, Putin was told that Russia has seized 3,000sq km (1,160sq miles) of Ukraine so far this year, and \u201cliberated\u201d 133 settlements. His commander in chief, Valery Gerasimov, also claimed to control the cities of Kupiansk in Kharkiv, and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute for the Study of War, which uses geolocated footage to assess advances, estimated that Russian forces have a presence in 2.4 percent of Kupiansk and 37 percent of Kostiantynivka \u2013 and most of that in the form of infiltrations, not firm control.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military has estimated the number of Russian servicemen in Kostiantynivka at between 100 and 250.<\/p>\n<p>Putin was told that Russian forces seized 636sq km (245sq miles) of Ukraine in June alone. The ISW estimates the real number at 30sq km (11sq miles).<\/p>\n<p>Kostiantynivka is politically important to the Kremlin because it is the first of four heavily fortified cities, including Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, which Moscow must seize to take control of Donetsk \u2013 which Putin considers a puppet state and has repeatedly prioritised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe capture of Kostyantynovka by the troops of the South battlegroup opens a direct road for further advance to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, other fortified areas in the Donbas, and is, of course, the key to liberating the entire territory of the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>The Donbas includes Donetsk and Luhansk, which Putin mistakenly claimed to have taken in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that we should no longer speak of the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk-Kostyantynovka line, but simply of the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk line,\u201d Putin told the gathering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine appeared to have begun large-scale strikes against Russian shadow tankers attempting to supply occupied Crimea with fuel, as an energy crisis on the peninsula worsens. 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