Kiev, 'Russian oil terminal in Primorsk port hit'
The port of Primorsk handles around 60 million tonnes of oil per year and has an export capacity of more than 1 million barrels of crude oil per day
Kiev attacked Russian strategic energy infrastructure by striking the oil terminal at the port of Transneft-Primorsk and the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery, where a fire broke out. This was claimed by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with sources from the Security Service of Ukraine (Sbu), as reported by Rbc. Preliminary reports indicate that both the tank depot and the oil loading infrastructure were damaged. A fire at the facility has also been confirmed. The port of Primorsk handles around 60 million tonnes of oil per year and has an export capacity of more than 1 million barrels of crude oil per day.
On the other hand, Russian troops intensified offensive operations on several fronts simultaneously: from 17 to 20 March, the Russian army conducted 619 assaults, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, said today. "Intense fighting developed all along the line of contact. In total, the enemy conducted 619 assault actions in these four days. The main strike of the occupiers was concentrated in the directions of Pokrovsk and Oleksandrivka, where the highest number of enemy attacks was recorded,' Syrsky informed.
In addition, 'two law enforcement officers were injured' and were 'hospitalised' following two explosions this morning in Bucha, Kiev oblast. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Mykola Kalachnyk, in a message on Telegram. The foreign ministers of EU countries will visit Bucha on 31 March, on the fourth anniversary of the massacre that took place in this Ukrainian city in 2022.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov called press rumours that Russia had proposed to the United States an agreement on the exchange of intelligence information "false", promising to stop supplying data to Iran in exchange for a similar US move with respect to Ukraine. "We have seen this information: it falls into the category of untrue, indeed, false news," Peskov told reporters, commenting on the Politico article according to which Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Russian president's special envoy for international economic cooperation, made the proposal to US officials during a visit to Miami.
