Explosive night in Crimea and Taganrog as Ukrainian drones strike targets
Photo: A Ukrainian soldier operates a drone from a frontline position (Getty Images)
A nighttime attack by Ukrainian drones targeted 23 military and logistics facilities behind Russian lines. Some of the strikes hit oil infrastructure, according to Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
On the night of May 30, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck targets deep within enemy territory. Among the facilities targeted were elements of Russia’s and the occupied Crimea’s oil logistics infrastructure.
Drones struck a tanker belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet, the “Kurganneftoprodukt” oil depot in Taganrog, Rostov region, and a maritime oil terminal in Feodosia.
Magyar's update:
— 414 Magyar's Birds (@414magyarbirds) May 30, 2026
USF Birds lit up a shadow fleet tanker and two oil facilities in Taganrog and Feodosiya.
The night of May 30 was a fiery one. The freedom-loving Ukrainian Bird of the USF engaged 23 military targets and facilities in the enemy’s operational depth overnight. Oil… pic.twitter.com/igQXInarkh
“The night of May 30 was a fiery one. The freedom-loving Ukrainian Bird of the USF engaged 23 military targets and facilities in the enemy’s operational depth overnight,” the statement says.
He specified that the strike on the oil depot in Taganrog was carried out by operators of the 1st Separate Center of Unmanned Systems Forces, while fighters of the 412th Brigade Nemesis carried out the strike on the maritime oil terminal in Feodosia.
The operation was coordinated by the newly established Deep Strike Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
Earlier, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi reported the destruction of a Russian Iskander operational-tactical missile system and two Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft at a military airfield in Taganrog, Rostov region of Russia.
