Russia's black sea oil hub suspended after drone attack

Russia's key crude oil export terminal in the Black Sea has been suspended following a drone strike and fire, according to two sources cited by Reuters.

Strategic infrastructure under attack

The Sheskharis terminal, which typically loads around 700,000 barrels of crude per day, is crucial for Russia's oil exports. Its suspension adds to the strain on the country's infrastructure, repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian military operations.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed to have struck Russia's Ust-Luga oil terminal in the Leningrad region, with preliminary confirmation of damage to three storage tanks belonging to Transneft-Baltika.

In Ukraine, Russian attacks on Tuesday resulted in civilian casualties, including four elderly people killed and seven injured in the city of Kherson, according to the regional governor. Deadly strikes were also reported in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy oblasts, Ukrainian officials said.

In a separate development, five civilians, including a 12-year-old boy and his parents, were killed in drone strikes by Ukrainian forces in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, according to Russian officials. Ukraine has denied intentionally targeting civilians.