{"id":26722,"date":"2026-08-11T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/26722\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:46:09","slug":"ukraine-says-it-strikes-major-russian-petrochemical-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/26722\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine says it strikes major Russian petrochemical complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rescue workers try to put out a fire in a residential building and burning cars after a Russian air-guided bomb strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug 10, 2026. (PHOTO\/AP)<\/p>\n

KYIV \u2013 Ukrainian forces struck one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes in the Tyumen region, causing fires and damage at the facility, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said in a statement on Telegram on Monday.<\/p>\n

“The petrochemical complex in Tobolsk produces basic raw materials for a wide range of industrial products, including those used in the defense industry,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian drones traveled more than 2,000 km to reach the target, it added.<\/p>\n

Grain-exporting ports suspend services<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry said on Monday that three Ukrainian deep-water ports handling 90 percent of the country’s agricultural exports have halted operations after Russian attacks.<\/p>\n

The ministry said Russia has carried out at least 180 attacks on port infrastructure in the Greater Odesa area since the beginning of 2026.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2026-2027 marketing year could fall to 29.6 million tonnes, down 54 percent from an earlier forecast, the UNN news agency reported.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Zelensky: Ukraine reaches deal with US on monthly deliveries of interceptors<\/a><\/p>\n

The Greater Odesa region incorporates the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny.<\/p>\n

Fighter jet crashes<\/p>\n

On Monday evening, a MiG-29 fighter jet of Ukraine’s air force crashed in the country’s southern Odesa region during a combat mission, the air force said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a medical facility.<\/p>\n

According to preliminary information, the incident occurred as the pilot was carrying out a task of destroying enemy air targets.<\/p>\n

The aircraft caught fire, causing the pilot to lose control despite attempts to save the jet.<\/p>\n

An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rescue workers try to put out a fire in a residential building and burning cars after a Russian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[704,370,30,777,25,26],"class_list":["post-26722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-conflict","tag-defense","tag-europe","tag-infrastructure","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}