Ukrainian drones struck the railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne, Sovetskoye district, in occupied Crimea overnight on 18 June, setting off a large fire, the Crimea-monitoring Telegram channel Krymsky Veter reported. Residents heard around 20 explosions in the area.

The bridge carries the Kerch–Dzhankoi line, the rail route Russia uses to move freight and troops onto the peninsula from the Kerch Bridge. If it is disabled, trains from Russia could reach no farther than the Vladyslavivka junction or Feodosia, according to the channel—though the degree of damage is not yet known.

Satellite data also showed a fire along the railway near Vladyslavivka station, a key junction in eastern Crimea, the channel said. Drones struck a road bridge beside the rail crossing at Rozdolne and, on the Arabat Spit in Kherson Oblast, two road bridges over the Promoina strait.

A campaign that moved from the land corridor inward

The strike extends a June campaign that had focused on the crossings linking Crimea to mainland Ukraine. On 11 June, drones hit four bridges at the peninsula's northwestern entrance near Armiansk; on 13 June, a strike on the Dzhankoi checkpoint also damaged a railway bridge and a pontoon crossing at Chonhar.

Ukraine hit the Chonhar and Henichesk road bridges again on 15 June, and on 17 June the General Staff confirmed fresh strikes on bridges in occupied Kherson Oblast used for military logistics. Russian-installed Kherson Oblast head Vladimir Saldo has reported drone attacks on the crossings repeatedly this month.

On the mainland side, the open-source group Dnipro Osint published satellite imagery on 18 June showing fresh damage to the Henichesk road bridge to the Arabat Spit, which it said was hit by at least three FP-2 and "Behemoth" drones. A pontoon crossing had already been set up beside it.

The "island" claim

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said this week that drones are turning Crimea into an island, part of a supply-interdiction push he calls Logistics Lockdown. Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi, call sign Madyar, has separately vowed to isolate the peninsula from Russia.

What remains unconfirmed is whether the rail bridge is out of service. Monitors reported fire and explosions; neither Ukraine's military nor the occupation authorities had detailed the damage to the Kerch–Dzhankoi crossing.

Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya early on 18 June, sparking a large fire, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

The strike is the second to hit the same refinery within 48 hours: Ukrainian drones had already damaged the plant's ELOU-AVT-6 primary oil processing unit on 16 June, forcing a temporary shutdown.

What happened on 18 June

Residents of Moscow and the surrounding region reported a mass drone overflight on the morning of 18 June, according to monitoring Telegram channels. Russian authorities claimed 52 drones were shot down, but several reached their target.

Videos circulated online showed multiple fires across the refinery grounds in Kapotnya, with thick black smoke columns visible from several districts of Moscow.

"Air defense forces continue repelling the massive attack. Several drones managed to reach the Moscow oil refinery. Measures are being taken to deal with the consequences," Sobyanin wrote at 6 am, according to his Telegram channel.

Why the refinery matters

The Kapotnya refinery sits about 15 kilometers from the Kremlin and is a critical part of Moscow's fuel infrastructure. The plant covers about 40% of the Moscow region's gasoline needs and 50% of its diesel, and also produces aviation kerosene for the capital's airports.

The 16 June strike on the same facility had already disabled the ELOU-AVT-6 unit, one of the refinery's primary processing units, according to earlier reports. The 18 June strike marks the second time in three days that drones have penetrated air defenses to reach the plant.

At least 17 people, including two children, were injured in Moscow Oblast in the attack, Russian authorities claimed.

Russian strike drones circled the capital in a second wave of attacks after a round of ballistic missiles threatened Kyiv earlier in the night.

The bridge crosses the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne and is located on the Kerch-Dzhankoi railway line, a key route used by Russian forces to transport military equipment and fuel to troops on the southern front.