Russian attacks kill four as Ukraine continues to target oil infrastructure

Ukrainian official says Russia’s attack on Kramatorsk kills four, including a teenager, and injures nine more.Russian forces have killed four people, including a teenager, in aerial bomb strikes on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, as it steps up its campaign against Russian oil infrastructure and tankers.Seven bombs struck residential buildings, a shop and private homes in Kramatorsk on Friday, injuring at least nine others, regional governor Vadym Filashkin posted on the messaging app Telegram.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US and Ukraine agree on patriot missile production deallist 2 of 4Trump grants Kyiv Patriots licences: What’s next in the Russia-Ukraine-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="1200" data-entity-type="event">Russia-Ukraine war?list 3 of 4Ukrainian court detains alleged killers of Monaco bomb attack suspectlist 4 of 4Ukraine chokes fuel to Crimea, Russian consumers, targeting military supplyend of listUkraine’s military said it hit two major Russian oil refineries, an oil terminal and a depot, as well as 10 tankers in the Sea of Azov.Ilsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region, one of the largest in Russia’s south, caught fire and the Ust-Luga oil refining ‌‌complex in the Leningrad region was also struck, the general staff said on Telegram. Both are frequent targets of Ukrainian attacks.An oil terminal and an oil depot in the Rostov region were attacked, causing explosions ⁠⁠and fire, according to the statement.Robert Brovdi, Ukraine’s drone forces commander, said 10 tankers ‌‌in the Sea of Azov were attacked on Friday, among almost 50 fuel-carrying vessels damaged this week as Kyiv aims ‌‌to limit ‌‌fuel supplies for enemy troops and isolate Crimea, which Russia occupied in 2014.Targeting oil tankers appears to be a new strategy by Ukraine, Al Jazeera’s Audrey MacAlpine reported from Kyiv.“These ones in particular, according to Ukraine, refill, resupply the Russian-controlled peninsula of Crimea,” she said.“It also says that these tankers are part of Russia’s shadow fleet, which is a term used to describe unmarked ships that carry what Ukraine says is illegal oil, meaning that these are sanctioned vessels,” MacAlpine said.