Overview

• Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, supported by Rocket Forces and artillery, carried out the strike on the Atlas depot on June 23.
• The Rostov facility serves as a key fuel source for Russian units operating in occupied Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
• A fire broke out at the depot and Ukrainian officials are assessing the extent of the damage.
• Kyiv frames the raid as part of a campaign to degrade Russia’s military and economic potential.
• This incursion follows a June 15 hit on a military-industrial complex in Tatarstan as Ukraine escalates cross-border energy-targeting missions.