Russia says it hit fuel storage facilities in Ukrainian ports overnight

This photograph shows an explosion as Ukrainian air defence shoot down a drone above Kyiv during an attack on the Ukrainian capital on August 8, 2026 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Russian forces struck ​Ukraine’s Black Sea port infrastructure overnight, the Russian Defense ‌Ministry said.
The ‌ministry ​said ‌fuel ⁠storage ​facilities “used in ⁠the interests” of the Ukrainian military were ⁠hit ‌in the ‌ports ​of Odesa ‌and ‌Chornomorsk, as well as in ‌the settlements of Biliari and Novi ⁠Biliari ⁠near Odesa.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.