Russian forces launched fresh drone and missile strikes on Ukraine overnight, igniting large fires at an oil depot operated by Azerbaijan’s state-owned SOCAR and damaging a Nova Poshta logistics terminal in the southern Odesa region. Local authorities said all 17 storage tanks, the pumping station and multiple control rooms at the depot were destroyed; no casualty figures were immediately released. Kyiv described the attack as a deliberate strike on Azerbaijani assets—the second on a SOCAR facility in two weeks, following an Aug. 8 drone raid that wounded at least four people. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for a "diplomatic and legal response" from Baku, while Azerbaijani officials have yet to comment. Azerbaijani media have reported that continued strikes could prompt a review of the country’s ban on arms supplies to Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned what he termed “cynical” Russian assaults intended to undermine diplomatic efforts, noting the timing comes hours before his meeting in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and several European leaders to discuss a possible cease-fire. Russian authorities have not addressed the allegations that the facility was targeted intentionally.
Le président ukrainien a déclaré ce lundi que la Russie avait mené des frappes «cyniques» contre l’Ukraine, notamment contre une installation pétrolière appartenant à l’Azerbaïdjan, avant ses entretiens prévus à Washington avec Donald Trump. https://t.co/mNAThLTas7 https://t.co/1cbgpIVvrd
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Russia striking Azerbaijan's SOCAR oil facilities in Ukraine on purpose, Kyiv says