Missiles fired by the Ukrainian navy struck an oil terminal at the Russian port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region on Friday, the Ukrainian military stated.

Kyiv has actually tried to weaken Russian forces pushing along the front lines on its territory by attacking Russian oil facilities that are vital to funding the economy and the war.

The attack became part of a larger operation by the Ukrainian military and SBU security service to interfere with the logistics of Russian forces in annexed Crimea, a security source told Reuters.

The Ukrainian armed force reported explosions at the oil terminal site as it worked to confirm the damage from the attack performed with Ukrainian-made Neptune rockets. Ukrainian drones also struck another oil depot in the Krasnodar region, the statement said.

Russia's 'contemporary' and 'efficient' air defence system once once again shown helpless against our rockets and unmanned systems and failed to protect important centers used for logistics and supply of the Russian army, the military stated on the Telegram messaging app.

The Russian defence ministry stated on Telegram that its air defence destroyed 5 rockets and 29 drones targeting Krasnodar.

Falling drone debris caused a fire at an oil depot in the Temryuk district, destructive several tanks filled with fuel and hurting two people, according to regional Russian authorities.

The Ukrainian security source stated the operation was carried out over several days.

It likewise consisted of strikes on power facilities in the Crimean peninsula which was annexed by Moscow in 2014, eight years before it launched its full-blown intrusion of Ukraine.

The source likewise stated that a day before, the Ukrainian drones hit a Russian Nebo-SVU long-range radar detection system, situated near Armyansk in Crimea.

This SBU special operation blinded the Russian air defence on the substantial part of the front, the source stated.

Not able to quickly match Russia's vast toolbox of cruise and ballistic missiles, Kyiv has actually focused on establishing and producing drones, including long-range, so it can hit back at Russia, which has actually bombed Ukraine throughout the 27-month-old invasion.