According to Russia's Prosecutor General's Office, Oleksandr Lyubas was part of a small group of Ukrainian soldiers who attempted to conduct an amphibious operation on the peninsula and was captured in the process.
The fire began on Aug. 18 following a Ukrainian strike on the oil depot, one of many attacks on Russian oil and energy infrastructure. There were unconfirmed reports that a second strike on the facility occurred on Aug. 23 after the initial fire began.
The Ukrainain military on Aug. 28 attacked oil depots in Russia's Rostov Oblast and, for the first time, in Kirov Oblast some 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) from the Ukrainian border, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 29.
Ukrainian drones operated by military intelligence (HUR) and the Special Operation Forces hit an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast on Aug. 28, setting it on fire, a HUR source confirmed for the Kyiv Independent.
Fires broke out at two separate oil depots in Russia's Rostov Oblast in an apparent drone attack on the region, local Russian media reported overnight on Aug. 28.
Satellite images obtained by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty suggest that an oil depot fire keeps spreading at the Kavkaz oil and petroleum storage facility just outside Proletarsk, a town in Russia’s Rostov Oblast.
The Rostov Oblast government told the media that as of Aug. 22 morning, the number of injured firefighters had risen to 49
"Explosions were observed at targeted areas. The accuracy of the strike is being determined," the General Staff said in its report, providing no further details on the consequences.
Emergency services have been battling a fire for the third consecutive day at an oil depot in Proletarsk, a town in Russia's Rostov Oblast, following a drone strike on Aug. 18, Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev reported on Aug. 20.
A fire broke out at an oil depot in the city of Proletarsk in Russia's Rostov Oblast following a drone strike overnight on Aug. 18, Governor Vasily Golubev reported.
An overnight drone strike caused damage to targets in Russia's Rostov and Oryol oblasts on Aug. 3.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces intercepted eight drones over Krasnodar Krai, 47 drones over Rostov Oblast, one each over Belgorod, Voronezh, and Smolensk oblasts, and 17 over the Black and Azov seas.
The Millerovo military airfield's technical-operational unit and its fuel and lubricant warehouse were damaged in the attack, according to satellite imagery compiled by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
Russia's Rostov Oblast was targeted by a drone attack overnight, Governor Vasily Golubev claimed on July 20.
"According to our information, it was SBU drones that (caused the explosion) at the facility where various brands of gasoline and diesel fuel with a total volume of 12,500 cubic meters were stored," an intelligence agency source told the Kyiv Independent on July 13.
Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast, causing a large fire overnight on July 13, Governor Vasily Golubev claimed. The Ukrainian military has not commented on the reports.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian air defense shot down three drones over Belgorod Oblast, two over Voronezh Oblast, five over Astrakhan Oblast, seven over Kursk Oblast, and 21 over Rostov Oblast.
The Atesh partisan group sabotaged a railway connection between Russia's Rostov-on-Don and the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the group said on July 9.
Russian air defense reportedly shot 10 drones over Rostov Oblast, causing a large fire, Governor Vasily Golubev reported on July 5.
A satellite image obtained by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) shows three of the six fuel tanks burned down after a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast.
Drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hit two oil depots in Russia's Rostov Oblast overnight on June 18, a source in security and defense forces told the Kyiv Independent.
Several oil storage tanks in the town of Azov in Russia's Rostov region caught fire overnight on June 18 following a drone strike, Vasily Golubev, the regional governor, said.
Six prisoners, some of whom were allegedly linked to the Islamic State terrorist group, took the two employees hostage on the morning of June 16 and held them in one of the cells.
Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev said the previous day that Russian air defense units faced a "mass attack" of drones, which caused a fire and disruptions to the local power supply.
Russian air defense units faced a "mass attack" of drones in the region's Morozovsk district, Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev reported. The attack caused a fire and left some parts of the area without power.
The military said the attack had been carried out by "Ukrainian-made means," but did not elaborate.
A fire broke out at Russia's Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery following a series of explosions in Rostov Oblast in the early hours of June 6, according to Russian media.
Two drones struck an oil refinery in Russia's Rostov Oblast the morning of May 15, causing explosions at the facility, Governor Vasily Golubev claimed.
In Rostov Oblast, the drones were downed at 3:10 a.m. local time over the mining city of Novoshakhtinsk, the regional governor, Vasily Golubev, claimed.
An oil pipeline near the Russian city of Azov, Rostov Oblast, that was funneling oil products to tankers in the Azov Sea Port was blown up overnight on April 6, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said.
According to the regional governor, Russian air defense units intercepted over 40 drones targeting a military airfield in Rostov Oblast's Morozovsk district. Local Telegram channels claimed, citing residents, that the drones targeted a local airbase.
Russian Telegram channels wrote about multiple explosions in the region amid an alleged drone attack, citing local residents. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 11 drones over Rostov Oblast.
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