Russian aerial strikes kill at least five civilians in Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia as Russian troops advance. Simultaneously, Ukraine intensifies its logistics lockdown strategy, targeting Russian oil refineries and shadow-fleet tankers in the Sea of Azov to isolate Crimea. The drone strikes trigger a severe Russian fuel crisis affecting 50 million people, forcing Moscow to ban gasoline and diesel exports.
Russian strikes on Kramatorsk
- ▪Seven Russian bombs struck residential buildings, a shop, and private homes in Kramatorsk on July 10, 2026
- ▪Russian aerial bomb strikes on Kramatorsk on July 10, 2026, killed four people, including a teenager, and injured at least nine others
Zaporizhzhia aerial bombardment
- ▪A Russian aerial bombardment on the center of Zaporizhzhia on July 10, 2026, killed at least one civilian, injured 16 others, and destroyed more than a dozen houses
- ▪Russian troops have advanced to within just over 20 kilometers of the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian oil refinery attacks
- ▪Ukrainian forces hit the Ilsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region and the Ust-Luga oil refining complex in the Leningrad region on July 10, 2026
- ▪Ukrainian forces attacked an oil terminal and an oil depot in the Rostov region on July 10, 2026, causing explosions and fires
Sea of Azov tanker strikes
- ▪Ukraine's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi stated that 10 tankers in the Sea of Azov were attacked on July 10, 2026, among nearly 50 fuel-carrying vessels damaged that week
- ▪Ukrainian forces damaged Russian tankers and other vessels in the Sea of Azov, with Ukraine's General Staff reporting 21 tankers, four tugboats, two cargo ships, and a dredging vessel damaged overnight
Russian fuel export ban
- ▪Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that Ukrainian drone strikes on energy infrastructure have partially put oil refineries out of order for repairs, causing fuel shortages
- ▪Russia implemented a temporary ban on gasoline and diesel fuel exports to stabilize its domestic fuel situation amid shortages affecting over 50 million people
Ukraine logistics lockdown strategy
- ▪Ukraine is executing a logistics lockdown strategy targeting highways, railways, and oil tankers to limit fuel supplies for Russian troops and isolate the occupied Crimean Peninsula
- ▪The targeted Russian oil tankers are reportedly part of Russia's shadow fleet of unmarked, sanctioned vessels used to resupply the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula
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