24 May 2026
(Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
On May 23 and on the night of May 24, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a series of strikes on military and logistics facilities of the Russian occupiers, in particular in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the targets was an ammunition depot near the village of Mizhhirya in the occupied Crimea. The Ukrainian military also hit a number of Russian army supply facilities.
In addition, they struck at the oil loading dock of the Tamaneftegaz terminal in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. According to preliminary information, an oil loading stander was damaged.
This terminal is one of Russia's key oil export facilities in the Black Sea region and is used to supply the aggressor country's army. Its capacity allows it to transship up to 20 million tons of oil and oil products per year.
The Defense Forces also struck the Russian military's logistics, ammunition, fuel and lubricants depots in Luhansk region.
Separately, the Ukrainian military struck at the occupiers' drone control centers in Belgorod, Kursk, and Donetsk regions.
In addition, a Pytlivyi patrol ship and a hovercraft were damaged at the Novorossiysk naval base. The extent of the damage is currently being determined.
The Defense Forces stated that they will continue systematic attacks on Russian military infrastructure to weaken Russian aggression against Ukraine.
As a reminder, on the night of May 24, traffic on the Kerch Bridge was blocked in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Recently, on the night of May 16 and 17, the Armed Forces of Ukraine's unmanned aerial systems conducted a series of strikes on Russian military facilities in the temporarily occupied Crimea and three other regions of Ukraine. One of the key targets was the strategic secure communications hub of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the village of Myrnyi.
Андрій Колісніченко
May 24, 2026
Occupants block Kerch bridge in Crimea