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Ukraine’s military confirmed a series of drone strikes against key Russian infrastructure, including an oil refinery in Ryazan and multiple military-linked facilities, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict.
According to Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), drones hit the Ryazan refinery, located about 180 kilometers southeast of Moscow, sparking a fire. The USF also reported strikes on the Annanefteprodukt oil storage facility in Russia’s Voronezh region, near Ukraine’s northeastern border. Although Ukraine did not specify the weapon type, the USF specializes in long-range kamikaze drones capable of carrying explosive payloads across hundreds of kilometers.
Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency separately announced drone attacks on Russia’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airfield, a key launch site for drone operations targeting Ukrainian cities, and an electronics factory in Penza supplying Russia’s military-industrial complex. These strikes highlight Ukraine’s growing drone warfare capabilities, developed since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.
In response, Russia’s defense ministry claimed its air defense units intercepted 338 Ukrainian drones overnight but did not confirm damage to its facilities. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 45 out of 53 Russian drones launched toward Ukrainian territory during the same period.
On the eastern front, Russia reported capturing the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove in Donetsk. If confirmed, it would underscore Moscow’s continued advances in Ukraine’s east and south, where Russian forces currently occupy nearly 20% of Ukrainian territory.
The latest attacks signal an intensifying phase in the war, with both sides increasingly deploying drone technology to target strategic infrastructure and disrupt supply lines, raising concerns of further escalation near the Russian heartland.
