Ukrainian authorities didn’t touch upon the assault by noon Sunday, however Kyiv acknowledged targeting the Taman port’s oil export amenities earlier this yr. With Russia’s fossil-fuel earnings funding its struggle on Ukraine, Kyiv views oil export websites as key targets.
After Moscow intensified its assaults on Ukrainian energy infrastructure final yr, the 2 sides briefly halted energy-related strikes as a part of a U.S.-brokered moratorium in late January. The pause, nevertheless, was short-lived.
The strike on the Taman port got here one week after Russia launched a major attack on Ukrainian power amenities, compounding the scenario for the nation’s battered energy sector. Russian strikes have left households in Kyiv with out energy and heating amid freezing temperatures.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on Sunday that Russia has launched about 1,300 assault drones, greater than 1,200 guided aerial bombs and 50 missiles towards Ukraine in the past week.
“At this time, the Odesa, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy areas got here underneath enemy assault,” Zelenskyy mentioned in a post on X. “As earlier than, the principle goal of those assaults is the power sector, [but] many strikes additionally hit residential infrastructure,” he mentioned.
On Friday, the United Nations’ monitoring mission in Ukraine condemned Russia’s repeated assaults on Kyiv’s power infrastructure as exhibiting “a grave disregard for the lives and well-being of civilians.”
