INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine attacked Russian border regions with missiles and drones on Wednesday morning, sparking a fire at an oil depot and damaging an
which have been hit by cross-border fire throughout Moscow's nearly three-year invasion.The strikes come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr
distant fireball illuminating the night sky over an urban area, while air raid sirens could be heard in footage from the southern Rostov
region.Kyiv said it struck an oil depot being used to "supply the Russian occupation army" in the Bryansk region, while the governor of
Russia's Rostov region said a Ukrainian missile attack damaged an "industrial enterprise" in the port city of Taganrog.Zelensky hailed
"tangible blows against Russian targets last night" that he said would help bring the war to an end.In a post on Telegram he said Ukraine
industry and causing billions of dollars worth of damage.The Ukrainian army said Russia was using the facility in Bryansk as a loading point
for the Druzhba oil pipeline, a key supply route for Russian oil heading to much of central Europe."A massive fire broke out," Ukraine's
general staff said in a statement
It did not comment on the strike on the Rostov region.The Russian governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, said that Ukraine had
attacked a "production facility" with drones but that the blaze had since been extinguished.Refineries and oil depots are a huge driving
force behind Russia's economy, with some facilities being given their own air defense systems to ward off attacks.Major companies have
redirected oil to sites further away from Ukraine, as some Ukrainian drone strikes have reached hundreds of kilometers into Russian
territory.Ukraine says its attacks are "fair" retaliation for Moscow's strikes on its own energy infrastructure, which have cut power to
millions of people.On Wednesday afternoon, the Russian Defense Ministry responded to the attack on a military airfield in Taganrog, saying,
Two of the missiles were shot down by the combat crew of the Pantsir air defense system, while the others were deflected by electronic
