Day 430: April 29Today the biggest news comes from Crimea. Here, Ukrainian forces targeted a massive oil depot near the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. In the aftermath of a successful attack, Ukrainians destroyed 10 oil reservoirs that together contained 40 thousand tons of fuel. The square area of the fire reached up to 1 thousand square meters, and the firefighters assigned it the highest degree of difficulty and were unable to able to stop the fire until most of the fuel burned away. It was reported that there were no casualties. In order to conduct such a strike, Ukrainians used several swarms of drones. The attack was carried out immediately after the improvement of weather conditions as the anticyclone moved away from the western coast of the Crimean Peninsula. The drones were launched at night and departed from the Odesa region. Russian sources claim that there were at least 10 drones, 9 of which were reportedly taken down by various methods, such as Electronic Warfare systems, self-propelled air defense systems, and small arms. Russian sources also claimed that only 1 drone managed to hit the target, setting one oil tank on fire. This means the firefighters were either late or failed to stop the fire from spreading, causing a huge fire and complete destruction of all reservoirs. Interestingly, Ukrainians used cheap Chinese drones, which they manually equipped with explosives. The fire caused another wave of migration, as thousands of people started leaving Crimea for fear of being directly or indirectly affected by the constantly increasing drone attacks and missile strikes. And this is not surprising, as you remember, several days ago, Ukrainians conducted another drone attack on Sevastopol and hit some facilities near the harbor. There are also numerous unsuccessful drone attacks, such as today’s drone attack on Yevpatoria and Hvardiyske. Even though the goal of these two strikes was to divert the attention of the air defense operators, it also destabilized the situation on the peninsula by causing social unrest. However, this is only the beginning. Another fire broke out today on the only Russian factory that produces multiple-launch rocket systems. There were around 40 people and 10 fire trucks involved in putting out the fire. The fire started because something happened to the substation, and as a result, the factory became temporarily inoperable, which exacerbated the strain on the artillery. Another fire today broke out in the industrial zone in Nyzhnyi Novgorod. The fire broke out near the fuel storage, and as a result, 3 petrol tankers and the nearby trucks were turned to ashes. Today Ukrainians also conducted a HIMARS strike on a certain Russian military base. The details from the Ukrainian side are yet unavailable, but the Russian side published a video showing a demolished building. The video was filmed from the roof because the explosion threw the person on the roof carcass, and the person somehow managed to survive. Two days ago, Ukrainians conducted another HIMARS strike, targeting the areas of concentration of Russian forces in Opytne. The losses are likely very high because this is a very convenient pre-frontal group of high-rise houses, and Ukrainians also targeted several buildings simultaneously, not allowing the enemy to evacuate after the first strike. Four days ago, the Spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Southern Group of Forces reaffirmed that the counteroffensive operation is already undergoing and very slowly gaining momentum. She stated that they understand that they are facing a powerful enemy and therefore are not inclined to rush with large-scale actions. She said that, in turn, right now, they are focused on undermining the power of their enemy, and judging by the latest developments, Ukrainians are set to turn Russians logistics into a nightmare. Continuous efforts at the destruction of newly arrived ammunition, strikes on critical connections of ground lines of communication, disruptions of supplies, targeting of military headquarters and forcing Russians to disperse their air defense already allowed Ukrainians to set proper conditions for large-scale maneuver warfare several times. It looks like this is starting to happen once again.