“The SBU continues to systematically reduce oil dollar revenues to the Russian war budget. All facilities that provide funding for the aggression against Ukraine are absolutely legitimate targets.” ~ Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦
#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea with drones for a fourth time in recent weeks, a source in the agency said on Dec. 19.
The SBU’s Alpha Special Operations Center’s drones hit an oil rig run by Russian oil giant Lukoil, the source said.
The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the SBU’s claim.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have downed seven Ukrainian drones over the Caspian Sea overnight on Dec 19, but has not commented on Ukraine hitting the oil platform. Both sides rarely admit their setbacks in the war.
“The SBU continues to systematically reduce oil dollar revenues to the Russian war budget,” the Security Service source told the Kyiv Independent.
“All facilities that provide funding for the aggression against Ukraine are absolutely legitimate targets.”
The SBU previously carried out drone strikes on oil platforms at the Filanovsky and Korchagin fields on the Caspian Sea on Dec. 11, Dec. 12, and Dec. 15 respectively.
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