UK intelligence: Russian fuel depots highly vulnerable to drones

Fuel depots in Ukraine's occupied territories and in the border areas of Russia remain particularly vulnerable to attack.

“On May 3, 2023, a fire broke out at a Russian fuel depot in Volna on the Russian mainland side of the Kerch Strait, close to the Crimean Bridge. It was initiated by a suspected drone strike,” Caliber.Az reports, citing the UK Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine.

According to the intel report, this follows a pattern of Russian fuel storage sites being damaged since the start of the year, with fuel depots in occupied Ukraine and the Russia-Ukraine border regions remaining particularly vulnerable to attack.

“The disruption to the fuel storage and distribution network will likely force adjustments to Russia’s military refuelling operations to mitigate targeting,” the report says.

“Russian adjustments could include deploying additional protection measures at fuel storage sites, as seen in Tuapse in Russia, or relying on infrastructure in less threatened regions,” it added.