The Ministry of Defense of Romania has reported finding possible drone fragments on its territory after the overnight attack launched by Russia against the Ukrainian ports on the Danube River. This is not the first time that remnants of these devices have crossed borders, putting neighboring European countries on high alert.
In the bombings early this morning, a massive drone attack killed one person and caused several fires in homes and a school in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine. Additionally, in the Kharkiv region, a drone hit a vehicle and injured its three occupants, including a 16-year-old teenager.
On the other hand, a Ukrainian drone caused damage to a civilian infrastructure in the Russian region of Saratov. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense has stated that they intercepted 37 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Kremlin Says No Clarifications Received from the US on Possible Nuclear Tests
The Kremlin stated on Tuesday that they have not received any clarification from the United States regarding comments about a possible resumption of nuclear tests. President Donald Trump ordered the immediate resumption of nuclear weapons testing by the US military last month.
However, it was not clear whether he was referring to nuclear-capable missile flight tests or the resumption of tests involving nuclear explosions, something that neither the United States nor Russia has done in over three decades.
Moscow has expressed a desire for Washington to clarify the situation. When asked about the matter on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow had not yet received any explanation from the United States regarding the type of tests Trump was referring to. Reuters reports
Ukraine Confirms Attacks on Petroleum Infrastructures in Crimea and Russia
The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed on Tuesday an attack on a refinery located in the Russian region of Saratov and also announced new strikes on an oil terminal at the port of Feodosia in the occupied Crimea peninsula, which had previously been targeted by Kiev's forces.
"As part of the campaign to destroy the military and economic potential of the Russian aggressor, during the early hours of November 11, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the Saratov refinery," the General Staff note read, shortly after an official Ukrainian spokesperson announced it.
Several explosions have occurred, causing a massive fire, according to the Ukrainian General Staff. The refinery produces over 20 types of petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and a certain type of sulfur. Some of these products are used by the Russian Army, as stated in the press release.
Regarding the oil terminal at the port of Feodosia on the eastern coast of Crimea, the Kiev General Staff reports damage to several fuel storage tanks. Due to its geographical location, the infrastructure plays a significant role in the transfer of fuel and petroleum products from the Russian Federation to Russian troops fighting in Ukrainian territory.
The Kiev General Staff also reports a successful attack on a military equipment warehouse and on a concentration of Russian Army personnel in the Russian-occupied part of the Ukrainian Donetsk region.
Zelensky Commemorates the Third Anniversary of the Recovery of Kherson
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorated on Tuesday, through a message posted on his social media, the third anniversary of the recovery of the city of Kherson by the Ukrainian Army, located in southern Ukraine and which had been captured by Russia in the early days of the war.
"In November 2022, our blue and yellow flags, which people had hidden for months, once again flew in the streets of Kherson. We remember that joy, those tears, those hugs," wrote Zelensky, who recalled that the city is bombed daily by Russian forces still controlling the part of the homonymous region on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River. Zelensky stated that the same "strength" that allowed Ukrainians to regain the regional capital enables the city and the rest of the region under Ukrainian control to withstand continuous Russian attacks.
FSB Denounces Attempt to Recruit Pilots to Divert a MiG to a NATO Base
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stated today that they have thwarted a plan by Ukrainian military intelligence supervised from the UK to recruit Russian pilots and divert a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile to a NATO base in Romania.
According to the statement published on the FSB's website, Ukrainian military intelligence agents "tried to recruit Russian pilots by promising to pay them three million dollars."
"Subsequently, the intelligence service planned to send the aircraft armed with a Kinzhal missile to the area of the largest NATO airbase in southeastern Europe, located in Constanza, Romania, where it could be shot down by anti-aircraft defense systems," the note adds.
The FSB emphasized that thanks to the measures taken, the "plans of the Ukrainian and British secret services to organize a large-scale provocation were thwarted." Efe reports.
Russia Launches 119 Drones Against Ukraine, Only 53 Neutralized
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia attacked the Ukrainian regions of Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv last night with 119 drones, of which 53 were neutralized, and 59 others hit 18 unspecified locations in that report.
The figures confirm a dramatic drop in the interception rate, which at some stages of the war had been nearly 100% each night.
Since the beginning of autumn, Russia has been attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructures almost every night.
Moscow Forces Advance South of Kupiansk, According to a Russian Commander
Russian forces have advanced deeply into the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk and moved south to capture a series of train stations, reported a Russian commander on the ground on Tuesday.
The commander, identified as "Hunter" and claiming to lead the assault detachment of the 1486th Motorized Rifle Regiment of Russia, stated that his forces had taken control of an oil depot at the eastern end of Kupiansk, as reported by Reuters.
In a video statement released by the Ministry of Defense, he mentioned that his troops had also taken control of several train stops along the railway to Kupiansk Vuzlovyi, a settlement located about 6 kilometers south of the center of Kupiansk.
Reuters has not been able to independently verify the information on the battlefield.
Russia Shoots Down 37 Ukrainian Drones
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that their anti-aircraft defenses shot down 37 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over seven regions of the country and annexed Crimea last night. According to the military report, ten of the drones shot down were intercepted and destroyed over Crimea, and three over the Black Sea waters, which bathe the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.
The other unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the regions of Saratov (eight), Oryol (seven), Lipetsk (three), Rostov (three), Bryansk (one), Voronezh (one), and Kaluga (one).
In the city of Saratov, the capital of the homonymous region, a woman was injured in the drone attack, which shattered several windows in one of the city's districts. "There is a wounded woman. She was treated by doctors, but hospitalization was not required," wrote the governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin, on his Telegram channel.
Due to the drone attack, airports in five Russian cities, including Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), temporarily suspended their operations to ensure flight safety.
The main target of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory is its energy infrastructure. Ukraine aims to hinder fuel supplies to the Russian military and reduce Russian capabilities in exporting crude oil and its derivatives, one of Russia's main sources of foreign currency. Efe reports.
Russia Damages Railway and Energy Infrastructure in a New Attack on Odesa
A new Russian drone attack has damaged energy infrastructure and the public train company of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia, in the Odesa region, as reported by Governor Oleg Kiper. "As a result of the attack, fires have occurred in several energy infrastructures," Kiper wrote on his Telegram account.
Kiper added that a depot of the train company and one of its administrative buildings were also hit.