Ukrainian drone strikes Archives

Smoke rising on the horizon in the Russian city of Perm following reported Ukrainian drone attacks on oil infrastructure in the city. Photo: Supernova+

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Ukraine hits both Russia’s military and the infrastructure funding it – from a refinery in Perm to air defenses in occupied Donetsk

Strikes hit a Perm refinery, air defenses, and multiple ammunition and drone sites across occupied territories in a coordinated overnight operation.

byBenjamin Murdoch

ukrainian drones 4–0 tuapse oil refinery ablaze again after fourth strike last night · post lenin statue krasnodar krai russia smoke burning rosneft complex rising behind 1 2026 5449868480342594747 (1)

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Ukrainian drones 4–0 Tuapse oil: refinery ablaze again after fourth strike last night

Cleanup from the earlier strikes is still pulling fuel and contaminated soil from the ground. The 1 May attack lit up another section of Rosneft's refinery/terminal complex.

byYuri Zoria

oil rain reported perm after ukrainian drones set transneft pumping station ablaze 1500 km war zone · post fire smoke drone strike russia's near krai russia 29 2026 (1) ukraine's

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“Oil rain” reported in Perm after Ukrainian drones set Transneft pumping station ablaze 1,500 km from the war zone

Transneft hub is burning, "oil rain" reported in Perm. The Orsk oil refinery and a machine-building plant in Orenburg Oblast were also hit overnight.

byYuri Zoria

A Russian Iskander missile storage site in occupied Crimea, seen from a Ukrainian drone amid strikes. Screenshot from video: SOF

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Ukrainian drones penetrated reinforced missile bunkers holding Russian Iskander systems in occupied Crimea

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces say the night strike caused fires at a concealed Russian missile storage site in occupied Crimea, with signs of damage later detected by satellite monitoring

byBenjamin Murdoch

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$60 million gone: Russian early-warning radar burns in Belgorod Oblast as Ukraine’s anti-air hunt continues

A Ukrainian kamikaze drone automated terminal attack capability hit the antenna module, likely keeping the system offline for expensive repairs.

byYuri Zoria

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) carried out a coordinated overnight strike on Russian military assets in occupied Crimea

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What’s left of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea comes under fire as Ukraine hits three warships in Sevastopol strike

The SBU also reported strikes on Belbek airfield, including a MiG-31 and airfield infrastructure, as part of the same operation.

byBenjamin MurdochandbySerhii Omelchenko

Explosion from Ukrainian drone strike targeting a Russian FSB facility in occupied Donetsk, 22 April 2026. Screenshot from video: Robert

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12 Russian FSB officers killed as Ukrainian drones hit “dirty war” command post in occupied Donetsk

Facility coordinated recruitment, sabotage, and operations against civilians in occupied areas, commander says.

byBenjamin Murdoch

SBU Ukrainian drone strikes Luhansk Oblast Russian fuel tanker seen by a Ukrainian drone, with others on fire from previous strikes nearby.

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SBU and drone forces destroy Russian fuel trains near Luhansk, cutting supplies to frontline troops

FP-2 drones struck railway tankers and damaged rail infrastructure Russia uses to sustain mechanized units on the front.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Aftermath of a Ukrainian drone struck on Russian military equipment, 16 April 2026. Screenshot from video: Robert

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Ukraine’s drone forces claim 16-target overnight strike – Iskander bases, air defenses, and a Rubikon workshop

The operation spanned Crimea, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia, coordinated through a newly established deep strike center.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Reported explosion at Russia's Ust-Luga port during Ukrainian drone strikes. Photo: Exilenova+

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Russia’s Baltic port resumed shipments two days ago. Ukraine just struck it again.

The 7 April attack hits the Baltic port again amid a wider campaign targeting Russia's major oil export hubs.

byBenjamin Murdoch

kyiv confirms hit sheskharis be-12 last night — black sea oil hub crimea-based anti-submarine aircraft · post three separate fires burning terminal novorossiysk krasnodar krai russia russian air defense systems

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Kyiv confirms it hit Sheskharis and a Be-12 last night — a Black Sea oil hub and a Crimea-based anti-submarine aircraft

Ukraine's General Staff confirmation follows OSINT verification of three hits at the Novorossiysk terminal, which accounts for 3.5–4.5 mn tonnes of Russian crude exports per month.

byYuri Zoria

russia's primorsk governor said pipeline hit two hours later wasn't nasa showed fire tank farm · post firms satellite data active signatures oil export terminal leningrad oblast russia 5 morning

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Russia’s governor said a pipeline was hit in Primorsk. Two hours later he said it wasn’t. NASA showed a fire at the tank farm

Leningrad Oblast governor Drozdenko revised his account of the 5 April drone strike on Primorsk — scrapping the pipeline damage claim and saying shrapnel had hit a fuel tank — while satellite data pointed to fire at the oil depot, not a pipeline at all.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine struck refinery 800 km inside russia — hit power plant keeping running · post glow fire lukoil-nizhegorodnefteorgsintez visible kstovo nizhny novgorod oblast following ukrainian drone strike 5 2026 пожежа-на-території-нпз-«лукойл»-last-night-у-кстово

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Ukraine struck a refinery 800 km inside Russia — then hit the power plant keeping it running

The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez facility in the Volga region, one of Russia's largest refineries by volume, processes up to 17 mn tonnes of crude a year and is a key supplier of petrol to Moscow Oblast.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine's drones return bashneft-novoil refinery ufa 1300 km front — primary distillation unit burning again · post black smoke rising over rosneft's bashkortostan following ukrainian drone strike 2 2026 exilenova+

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Ukraine’s drones return to Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Ufa 1,300+ km from the front — the primary distillation unit is burning again

Without the AVT unit, which performs the first stage of crude processing, the rest of the refinery cannot operate.

byYuri Zoria

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A Ukrainian drone crashed in Finland. Helsinki won’t ask Kyiv to stop.

Foreign Minister Valtonen says Ukraine has the right to choose its own targets inside Russia – even after the incident.

byBenjamin Murdoch

ukrainian drones hit shell casing factory occupied alchevsk — russia's air defense nowhere seen · post fire luhansk oblast after attack 20 2026 struck metallurgical plant overnight 30 hitting facility

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Ukrainian drones hit a shell casing factory in occupied Alchevsk — Russia’s air defense was nowhere to be seen

The same night, Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Taganrog in "the worst attack" on the city since the war began, a chemical plant in Tolyatti, and targeted Krasnodar.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine's drones reached russian gas plant near estonian border — ship finland · post fire ust-luga port (left) black smoke rising over vyborg (center) following ukrainian drone strikes leningrad oblast

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Russia’s Baltic coast took three hits in one night: gas hub, oil terminal, military icebreaker — all confirmed by Ukraine (updated)

Russia's governor described the Ust-Luga fire as minor while black smoke rose over the port by morning. The SBU called the strike a "symbolic gift on SBU Day" and confirmed the Primorsk terminal — hit two nights earlier — was still burning.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine strikes saratov refinery again — one russia’s biggest oil plants set ablaze · post flames rise rosneft after ukrainian drone strike overnight 11 2025 drones struck situated russia's volga

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Russia’s biggest oil company can’t stop Ukraine’s drones – a leaked report shows what it’s trying instead

Engineers admit the defenses "do not guarantee the safety of protected objects" and cannot stop blast damage.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Smoke from two fires at Tikhoretsk-Nafta oil facility in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, following reported drone strikes on 12 March 2026. Screenshot from video: Exilenova+

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Fires tear through one of southern Russia’s biggest oil hubs after drone attack in Krasnodar Krai

Tikhoretsk complex processes and ships fuel across southern Russia via Transneft network.

byBenjamin Murdoch

ukraine's drones killed tor donetsk grad zaporizhzhia same day · post ukrainian drone strike russian air defense system occupied oblast (left) bm-21 multiple rocket launcher (right) 9 2025 tor-grad ukraine

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Ukraine’s drones killed a Tor in Donetsk. Then a Grad in Zaporizhzhia. Same day.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces carried out both strikes in coordination with the Center for Deep Strikes.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian drone strikes

Ukraine hits both Russia’s military and the infrastructure funding it – from a refinery in Perm to air defenses in occupied Donetsk

Ukrainian drones 4–0 Tuapse oil: refinery ablaze again after fourth strike last night

“Oil rain” reported in Perm after Ukrainian drones set Transneft pumping station ablaze 1,500 km from the war zone

Ukrainian drones penetrated reinforced missile bunkers holding Russian Iskander systems in occupied Crimea

$60 million gone: Russian early-warning radar burns in Belgorod Oblast as Ukraine’s anti-air hunt continues

What’s left of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea comes under fire as Ukraine hits three warships in Sevastopol strike

12 Russian FSB officers killed as Ukrainian drones hit “dirty war” command post in occupied Donetsk

SBU and drone forces destroy Russian fuel trains near Luhansk, cutting supplies to frontline troops

Ukraine’s drone forces claim 16-target overnight strike – Iskander bases, air defenses, and a Rubikon workshop

Russia’s Baltic port resumed shipments two days ago. Ukraine just struck it again.

Kyiv confirms it hit Sheskharis and a Be-12 last night — a Black Sea oil hub and a Crimea-based anti-submarine aircraft

Russia’s governor said a pipeline was hit in Primorsk. Two hours later he said it wasn’t. NASA showed a fire at the tank farm

Ukraine struck a refinery 800 km inside Russia — then hit the power plant keeping it running

Ukraine’s drones return to Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Ufa 1,300+ km from the front — the primary distillation unit is burning again

A Ukrainian drone crashed in Finland. Helsinki won’t ask Kyiv to stop.

Ukrainian drones hit a shell casing factory in occupied Alchevsk — Russia’s air defense was nowhere to be seen

Russia’s Baltic coast took three hits in one night: gas hub, oil terminal, military icebreaker — all confirmed by Ukraine (updated)

Russia’s biggest oil company can’t stop Ukraine’s drones – a leaked report shows what it’s trying instead

Fires tear through one of southern Russia’s biggest oil hubs after drone attack in Krasnodar Krai

Ukraine’s drones killed a Tor in Donetsk. Then a Grad in Zaporizhzhia. Same day.

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