Ukraine has intensified its campaign of drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, hitting refineries in recent weeks and deepening fuel shortages across the country.

For two years, Ukraine has targeted Russian refineries and depots, but since early August the pace has quickened, with the country’s officials reporting more than a dozen strikes on refining and distribution sites over the past month, including Aug. 30 attacks on facilities in Krasnodar and Syzran in the Samara region, reports The Economist.

Both have been struck multiple times and supply fuel to Russian military units, according to Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.

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