The last Ukrainian warship sank. Drone attack in Russia

The war in Ukraine now extends to Russian territory as well. Veniamin Kondratyev, governor of Krasnodar, reported a fire at the Afipsky refinery in Seversk district, allegedly caused by a drone strike. “A fire broke out at the Afipsky refinery in the Seversk district. A fuel oil refining unit is on fire. The cause is a drone strike,” Kondratyev said in Telegram. Four people were also injured in a “massive attack” in the town of Shebekino in the Belgorod region of southwest Russia. The news is reported by the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in Telegram. “Two people were taken to the Belgorod hospital,” said Gladkov.

Russia reports the destruction of the last large warship of the Ukrainian naval forces. “On May 29, a high-precision attack by the Russian Air Force on a ship anchorage in the port of Odessa destroyed the last warship of the Ukrainian Navy, the ‘Yuri Olefirenko’”, reports the Russian military in his daily briefing. The AFP was unable to independently confirm the claim. A spokesman for the Ukrainian naval force declined to comment.

Meanwhile, today Russia is particularly angry with Great Britain. London is one of the Western partners that has provided most of Ukraine’s military aid, including long-range Storm Shadow missiles. “Ukraine has a legitimate right to defend itself. It has a legitimate right to do so within its own borders, of course, but it also has a right to project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project force into Ukraine itself.” James Cleverly said as much yesterday. Russia’s Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned in response that senior British officials could be considered a “legitimate military target” as the UK is fighting an “undeclared war ” against Russia. “It is a direct incitement to what the terrorists in Kiev are doing,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Mozambique. In the face of determined support from London, Washington was more restrained. White House spokeswoman Karine-Jean Pierre said yesterday that, in general, the United States “does not support attacks inside Russia.”