Drones deliver a birthday blitz on Putin's oil depot

VLADIMIR Putin's birthday celebrations were cut short by a major Ukrainian attack on Crimea.

- Chris Samuel

Kyiv's forces launched a massive drone blitz on an oil depot in Feodosia yesterday.

Pictures showed pillars of thick black smoke rising in the territory.

Ukraine's forces said the Marine Oil Terminal, Crimea's largest petroleum transhipment hub, had been attacked again following previous assaults by drones.

A Ukraine general staff spokesman said: "Ukrainian missile units, with other defence forces, carried out the operation as part of ongoing efforts to weaken Russia's military and economic infrastructure."

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