Zelenskyy praises Ukrainian military for stepping up attacks on Russia
Al Jazeera
Kyiv has hit Russian oil depots, a submarine and an airfield as the 29-month old war rages on.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has praised Ukrainian forces for hitting military targets inside Russia after the army reported several attacks, including on an airfield and an oil depot.
“I would like to thank each of our soldiers and all those who work in our defence industry for striking Russian airfields, oil refineries and logistics,” he said in a statement on Saturday.
Kyiv has stepped up aerial attacks on Russian territory, saying it carries out the attacks in retaliation for the bombardment Ukraine has faced since Russia invaded more than two years ago.
Earlier on Saturday, Ukraine’s military said it had sunk a submarine in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, attacked a southern Russian airfield and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions.
“A Russian submarine went to the bottom of the Black Sea,” the Ministry of Defence said in a post on X, naming the vessel as the B-237 Rostov-on-Don attack submarine.
