Ukraine once again sent a deadly blow to Russia, U.M. claims that the Russian-controlled explosion in the Crimea in the late night, allegedly the Ukrainian drone group again attacked the oil terminal in this direction, which is a “largest Russian oil reservoir” with a fuel capacity of up to 250,000 tons.
How did you do that?
In the early morning of October 13 local time, the night sky of the city of Crimea, Feudozia, was broken by a violent explosion. The Feudozia oil terminal was hit by a drone and burned, fire and black smoke spread across the sky, most of the city can see the fire.
The Russian military that the night air defense system intercepted a total of 103 drones, 40 of which were located in the Crimean airspace, but from the scene, there were still drones that successfully broke the defense system and precisely targeted the target.
The video on social media shows that the fire was intense during the night, and the fire blossomed the entire port area. The smoke rolled around the scene and the explosions continued. Local residents seeing the fire, and emergency services arrived overnight, but the Russian side said there were no casualties.
According to Astra News Network, the attack caused several tanks to burn and 11 tankers to varying degrees were damaged. Of which eight tanks were fully loaded, loaded with 5,000 cubic meters and 10,000 cubic meters of diesel, respectively, two other tanks were filled with gasoline and one was empty.
It is worth noting that this important military logistics hub has been hit by the Ukrainian army for the second time in a week.The last attack occurred on October 6, when Ukraine launched 250 to 300 drones at night, launching an offensive against 14 Russian regions and Crimea.
It was also the second-largest drone night attack since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, after the massive attack on 524 drones in May 2025.The feudal tanks also burned fire in the October 6 attack, resulting in tens of thousands of liters of diesel and gasoline burned.
To be honest, the difficulty of trying to attack Russia’s deep refineries with drones is not the most common. Those places are generally fitted with a protection net against drone attacks, let alone the outer edge and layer air defense system. But why can the Ukrainian drone group always find and explode the most vulnerable nodes precisely like ghosts?
The answer is not in the drones themselves, but in the fact that they are endowed with a “super brain” with high-precision satellite data from the United States, which is the key to this asymmetric strike.
The intelligence support has grown to a striking point: not only has it helped the Ukrainian side to determine which tank to attack priority, which processing device, and even the drone’s flight path, altitude and time of defense are clearly planned.
What's even worse is that this intelligence accurately identified the vulnerable channels and radar blind spots of the Russian air defense system. This allows Ukrainian drones to bypass the impenetrable defense network and hit the vital points.
Russia claims to have intercepted more than a hundred drones, of which about forty flew to Crimea, but what about that?
At least three key fuel tanks and power stations are still under attack, triggering the shocking explosion.
Burned economic life.
A successful assault, burning more than just a few oil tanks, threw it like a light bulb into Russia’s huge economic fuel barrel, triggering a violent “domino effect”.
The scope of the blow is shocking. More than 20 large refineries were attacked, including at least four of Russia's top five refineries.
The data is cold and cruel: by the end of September, 38% of the country’s primary oil refining capacity had been out of place, making this shutdown record-high.
Refining volumes fell to 4.86 million barrels per day in early October, the lowest point in at least five years. A major energy exporter was forced to issue a ban on gasoline exports, and even prepared to purchase fuel from Belarus, China and other countries. This is simply an unprecedented situation.
The domestic market is even more troubled, and there is a shortage of gasoline in 57 regions, and gas stations are set up, and the authorities have to begin to restrict the sale of fuel.
The conspiracy behind the energy war
Behind all this chaos is a deeper strategic game. Ukraine’s goal is clear: by striking energy facilities, on the one hand, re-creating key Russian fuel bases such as Feudozia, directly affecting the supply of the front.
On the other hand, weakening Russia’s economic base, drastically cutting its oil and gas revenues, eventually forcing Putin back to the negotiating table.
Moscow has made it clear that its massive airstrikes on Ukrainian energy facilities are a direct retaliation against Ukrainian actions.
Zelensky called for the international community to condemn Russia’s airstrikes, but Ukraine’s own actions are also part of this escalation spiral.
It is said that the deep U.S. intervention was decided after Trump and Zelensky’s phone call, which made every attack on a refinery not just a military operation, but also a front-line position in the game of great powers.
The "assist" of the United States will undoubtedly stimulate Russia to take a tougher response and push the whole conflict into a more dangerous situation.
conclusion
This drone-led energy warfare, empowered by external intelligence, has become an extremely efficient asymmetric strategy. It has succeeded in extending the war from the front to the economic heart of Russia, relentlessly exposing the vulnerability of this energy giant in deep defense and economic resilience.
This strike pattern, which targets key economic nodes, may be heralding some evolution in the form of modern warfare. However, it is ultimately a double-edged sword, and the cycle of retaliation it triggers and the risk of losing control is dragging the conflict into a more unpredictable future.