Escalating Tensions: Energy Targets Under Fire

In retaliation to Ukrainian military actions using Western weapons, Russia launched strikes against western Ukraine's energy infrastructure, specifically targeting a gas storage facility in Stryi. This move comes as a response to Ukraine's use of U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles, and a thwarted attack in Russia's Krasnodar region.

Russian military strikes on energy infrastructure in western Ukraine were reportedly in response to actions involving Western-supplied weapons, according to the Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday.

The ministry announced a successful strike on a significant gas storage facility located in Stryi, western Ukraine.

This counter-action followed Ukraine's deployment of U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles, alongside an attempted Ukrainian assault in Russia's Krasnodar region aimed at disrupting gas supplies via the Turkstream pipeline.

(With inputs from agencies.)