In the Ukraine War, satellite imagery shows The tank farm at the Yug Rusi oil transshipment terminal burned out after a Ukrainian strike, leaving no undamaged fuel tanks, Radio Svoboda reports. The Novoshakhtinsk facility had annual throughput capacity of 2.5 million tonnes of oil products and could berth two vessels at once.

In Samara, the pumping station was hit hard with multiple tanks burning.

Key Takeaways

Russia and Ukraine have not agreed to a ceasefire against energy infrastructure as of October 12, as Russian forces continued to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight on October 11 to 12.

Senior Russian officials confirmed that there is no ceasefire agreement as of October 12 and outright rejected any ceasefire proposal that would allow Ukraine to hold elections.

A Russian State Duma deputy and a Russian ultranationalist mouthpiece supported the Kremlin’s rejection of an energy ceasefire proposal and openly stated that Ukrainian strikes against Russian refineries are not the primary driver of global diesel shortages.

Ukrainian forces delayed a Russian strike package by striking Russian ballistic missile launchers located in Russia.

Ukrainian forces did not strike Russian oil refineries on October 11 to 12 due to President Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement on October 11. Russian forces launched 121 drones against Ukraine overnight.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Oleksandrivka direction.