On August 1, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted on a social networking platform that the Ukrainian military launched an attack at night and carried out multiple rounds of attacks on maritime targets in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and facilities in the hinterland of Russia. A Russian-flagged container ship, the “Yanina”, was hit by Ukraine and sank. The ship had a load capacity of over 100,000 tons. Zelensky also said that in addition, Ukrainian National Security Service forces also attacked the infrastructure of three refineries in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan. The target of this attack was about 1,600 km from the Ukrainian border.

On August 1, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted on a social networking platform that the Ukrainian military launched an attack at night and carried out multiple rounds of attacks on maritime targets in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and facilities in the hinterland of Russia. A Russian-flagged container ship, the “Yanina”, was hit by Ukraine and sank. The ship had a load capacity of over 100,000 tons. Zelensky also said that in addition, Ukrainian National Security Service forces also attacked the infrastructure of three refineries in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan. The target of this attack was about 1,600 km from the Ukrainian border.