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Posted on March 19, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Russia claims Ukraine attacked an oil depot with drones, breaching a moratorium on energy strikes agreed by Putin and Trump.
(Reuters) - The Russian military on Wednesday accused Ukraine of trying to sabotage a 30-day moratorium on striking each other's energy infrastructure with a deliberate drone attack on an oil depot in southern Russia.
The Defence Ministry said in a statement that the attack had taken place hours after a call between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in which they had agreed on the moratorium.
The overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at the oil depot, which is located near the village of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar region, Russia regional authorities said earlier.
(Reporting by Reuters Moscow bureau; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
The main topic is Russia accusing Ukraine of a drone attack on an oil depot, violating a moratorium on energy strikes.
Putin and Trump agreed on a 30-day moratorium on striking each other's energy infrastructure.
The attack occurred at an oil depot near the village of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar region, Russia.
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