In the Far East, branches of the main gas pipeline have been destroyed, and the water supply, which served the 155th brigade of invaders, has been disrupted, a source told LIGA.net

Illustrative photo: resource of the occupiers

A main gas pipeline and a water supply line serving the occupiers have exploded in the area of the Russian city of Vladivostok, according to a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) speaking to LIGA.net.

According to him, in the Russian Far East, a branch of the Vladivostok main gas pipeline, which runs along the coast of the Sea of Japan, was destroyed due to an explosion and subsequent fire.

In particular, this facility provides gas supply to a number of military facilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation located along the coast, namely individual units of the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the occupiers, the source noted.

He added that the water pipeline supplying drinking water to the military garrisons of the occupiers was destroyed by the explosion.

REFERENCE. The 155th Brigade is actively fighting against Ukraine, having participated in battles in Kyiv Oblast, Mariupol, and Vuhledar. Currently, this unit is engaged in combat operations in Kursk Oblast. The invaders from this brigade killed Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians.

The source noted that the explosions occurred around 1-2 a.m. on July 5, after which a large fire broke out – subsequently, Russian special services and repair crews arrived at the scene.

Also, to hide information from the local population, given the celebration of the 165th anniversary of the founding of Vladivostok, local special services turned off mobile internet and communication in the area of Lazurnaya Bay (Shamora), the informant noted.

He did not specify who exactly carried out the bombings of these facilities.

Part of the aforementioned gas pipeline was commissioned only in March 2025.

The distance from Lazurnaya Bay to the front line is over 6800 km in a straight line:

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Editor’s note: The article was updated with a statement from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.

A tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil experienced an explosion near Libya, its operator, TMS Tankers, said on June 30. The vessel, Vilamoura, is now being towed to Greece, where the extent of the damage will be assessed upon arrival.

The blast caused the engine room to flood due to water intake, though the cause of the explosion remains unclear, according to a company spokesperson.

The spokesperson confirmed that the crew is safe and no pollution has been reported.

According to Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), the vessel belongs to Russia’s shadow fleet, used by Moscow to evade sanctions. The explosion occurred on June 27 as the ship was departing the Libyan port of Zuwetina, some 150 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of Libyan territorial waters, HUR reported.

The incident comes amid a series of unexplained blasts targeting oil tankers that had previously visited Russian ports. In response, shipowners have started inspecting their vessels for mines using divers and underwater drones.

Vilamoura had visited Russian oil terminals twice since April, loading Kazakh-origin crude rather than Russian oil. According to Bloomberg vessel-tracking data, the tanker called at the Russian port of Ust-Luga in early April and at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near Novorossiysk in May. Both terminals primarily handle Kazakh crude exports.

Maritime risk consultancy Vanguard Tech reported that four other vessels have been damaged by explosions since the beginning of the year. Each had recently docked at Russian ports, the firm said.

Ukraine has targeted Russian energy assets throughout the full-scale invasion, including a drone strike in February on the CPC pipeline, a route responsible for moving roughly 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports.

Editor’s note: The story was updated with new reports about operations at Russian airports during drone strikes.

Several Russian airports have canceled flights due to the safety concerns over Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian cities, Russia’s Rosaviatsia aviation authority reported on July 6.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that it had intercepted 120 drones on Russian territory overnight between July 5 and July 6.

Ukraine hasn’t commented on the report. Kyiv’s drone campaign, which has increasingly disrupted civilian air travel in Russia, is part of Ukraine’s broader strategy to undermine Russia’s logistics far beyond the front line.

Rosaviatsia confirmed the temporary pause in flights at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, citing airspace restrictions over the capital and strong winds. At Sheremetyevo, 174 flights were canceled and 47 more were delayed, causing crowds of passengers to form at the airport.

Rosaviatsia also noted that flights at other Russian airports, including St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo, were temporarily halted due to safety concerns. Flight delays and cancellations were also announced at Strigino Airport in Nizhny Novgorod and in Kaluga.

The Kyiv Independent couldn’t immediately verify these claims.

This latest drone attack on Moscow follows an earlier Ukrainian operation targeting the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast overnight on July 5.

Ukraine’s General Staff reported that the strike damaged a warehouse containing guided bombs, aircraft, and other military assets.

The Borisoglebsk airfield is known to host Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM jets, which Russia regularly employs in air strikes against Ukraine. Military assessments are underway, with initial reports suggesting a training and combat aircraft may have been destroyed.

NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) detected a fire near the Borisoglebsk military airfield shortly after the strike. Residents in the area reported 8–10 powerful explosions around 2 a.m. local time, according to the Russian independent outlet Astra.

The attack on Borisoglebsk was part of a broader overnight drone campaign across Russia, with explosions and fires reported in at least six regions.

Explosions in Russia’s Vladivostok damaged a gas pipeline and destroyed a water pipeline that supplied military facilities in the area, a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on July 5.

A fire followed the explosions and destroyed sections of the Vladivostok gas pipeline along the Sea of Japan, the source said.

The blasts occurred early on July 5, between 1-2 a.m., with Russian special services and repair teams arriving shortly after.

The damaged pipeline provides gas to several Russian military facilities on the coast of the Sea of Japan, including the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Armed Forces, the source told the Kyiv Independent.

The water pipeline destroyed in the explosion provided drinking water to military garrisons in the area.

“In order to hide information from the local population… local special services turned off mobile Internet and communications in the area,” the source added

The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the claims.

Ukraine regularly strikes military targets deep within Russian territory in an effort to diminish Moscow’s fighting power.

Ukraine struck the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast overnight on July 5, damaging a warehouse containing guided bombs, aircraft, and other military assets, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

The attack on the airfield was part of a larger overnight drone assault across Russia, with explosions and fires reported in at least six regions.

Ukrainian prosecutors have documented cases of Russian forces summarily executing 273 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs), the Liga.net news outlet reported, citing a statement from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Kyiv and the U.N. have raised alarm over the rising number of such cases, saying they point to a systematic policy by Russia to murder Ukrainian captives. Half of the document cases were recorded this year alone.

Seventy-seven criminal cases have been launched in connection with the killings of POWs, while only two people were convicted, and a trial against a third person is ongoing. The statement did not clarify whether the convictions were issued in absentia.

A total of 188 people have been convicted of various war crimes, including 18 captured Russian soldiers and one civilian, who were convicted in person. The rest were convicted in absentia.

Earlier this week, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported a case of the likely murder of a Ukrainian POW who was apparently tied to a motorcycle by Russian soldiers and dragged along the road.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) said in May that it alone had documented more than 150 cases of Ukrainian soldiers being executed after surrendering to Russian forces. Multiple intelligence reports suggest that Russian soldiers have received explicit orders to kill prisoners of war.

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine confirmed in March growing numbers of incidents in which Russian forces killed or maimed surrendering Ukrainian troops.

A separate Ukrainian investigation is also underway into the killing of around 50 Ukrainian POWs in the Russian-run Olenivka prison in 2022. Kyiv blamed the killings on Russia, saying Moscow’s forces deliberately put Azov fighters in a separate building that was later destroyed.

Russia denied responsibility, claiming the explosion was caused by a Ukrainian HIMARS strike—a version U.N. investigators have rejected.

Although Moscow blocked an independent investigation by denying U.N. monitors access, Lubinets recently said that an internal U.N. analysis concluded Russia was to blame.