Russia will likely be forced to adjust military refueling operations due to attacks on fuel depots – UK intelligence

The UK Ministry of Defense said this in a new intelligence update published on Twitter, according to Ukrinform.

On May 3, a fire broke out at a Russian fuel depot in Volna on the Russian mainland side of the Kerch Strait, close to the Crimean bridge. It was initiated by a suspected drone strike.

This follows a pattern of Russian fuel storage sites being damaged since the start of the year, with fuel depots in occupied Ukraine and the Russia-Ukraine border regions remaining particularly vulnerable to attack.

"The disruption to the fuel storage and distribution network will likely force adjustments to Russia's military refueling operations to mitigate targeting. Russian adjustments could include deploying additional protection measures at fuel storage sites, as seen in Tuapse in Russia, or relying on infrastructure in less threatened regions," the report said.

On May 3, in the Krasnodar region near the port of Taman, not far from occupied Crimea, a fire broke out at a fuel depot after a drone attack.