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Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Hub        10/07 06:14

   Ukraine's military claimed it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea 
that provides fuel for Russia's war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr 
Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase.

   KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's military claimed it struck a major oil 
terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia's war effort as 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase.

   Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of 
attrition -- a conflict that started with Russia's full-scale invasion of 
Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.

   Ukraine's General Staff said on social media that the oil terminal in 
Feodosia, on the south coast of the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been 
supplying the Russian army with fuel and that the strike was part of an ongoing 
effort to "undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian 
Federation."

   Russian-installed authorities in the city of Feodosia on the coast of the 
Black Sea reported a fire at the terminal on Monday morning but did not say 
what might have caused it.

   Ukraine has increasingly targeted rear areas that are essential for Russia's 
onslaught, now deep into its third year. It has developed long-range drones 
that have hit oil depots and refineries as well as armories.

   Ukraine's aim is to impair Russia's ability to support its front-line units, 
especially in the eastern Donetsk region where the main Russian battlefield 
effort is stretching weary Ukrainian forces.

   Kyiv is still awaiting word from its Western partners on its repeated 
requests to use the long-range weapons they provide to hit targets on Russian 
soil.

   Developments on that question could come next weekend at Ramstein Air Base 
in Germany, when defense leaders from the 50-plus partner nations that 
coordinate military aid to Ukraine are due to meet.

   The conflict has largely been a war of attrition, which requires large 
amounts of ammunition. Late on Sunday, Zelenskyy said the war is in "a very 
important phase" as the Ukrainian army works hard to hold the bigger Russian 
forces at bay in the east while also holding ground in Russia's Kursk border 
region, which it captured two months ago.

   Ukraine needs to "put pressure on Russia in the way that's necessary for 
Russia to realize that the war will gain them nothing," Zelenskyy said in a 
video statement.

   "We will continue to apply even greater pressure on Russia -- because only 
through strength can we bring peace closer," he added.

   Meanwhile, Russia fired six missiles of various types and 74 Shahed drones 
at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's air force said.

   Missile debris fell in three districts of Kyiv, causing minor damage to 
civilian infrastructure and starting a fire, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. He 
said nobody was hurt. Three missile fragments fell on a kindergarten, he said 
without elaborating.

   Russia's Defense Ministry said it shot down almost two dozen Ukrainian 
drones overnight.

 
 
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