Ukraine intensifies strikes on Russian logistics and Crimea, targeting satellite sites and fuel depots
Ukrainian forces have stepped up attacks on Russian logistics, hitting satellite communication centres near Moscow and oil facilities on the Kerch Strait, while also disrupting power and fuel supplies in occupied Crimea.
Ukraine has escalated attacks on Russian logistical networks, striking two satellite communication centres east and north of Moscow and targeting oil terminals on both sides of the Kerch Strait. The strikes damaged large parabolic antennas at the Vladimir and Dubna Space Communications Centres, which Moscow uses to coordinate forces, and set fire to fuel storage facilities in Kerch and the port of Kavkaz, disrupting supplies to Russian front lines.
In Crimea, long-range drones hit oil terminals, electricity plants and transport links, causing fuel shortages, power outages and the suspension of ferry services. Crimean authorities limited fuel sales to state services and imposed rationing for private motorists.
Ukrainian officials say the Kremlin has redeployed hundreds of S-400, S-500 and Pantsir air-defence launchers to protect Moscow and the Kerch Bridge, leaving other regions with fewer systems. Ukraine reportedly disabled several of these systems during the recent Kerch attacks.
Analysts note a marked increase in the depth of Ukrainian strikes, with attacks now reaching tens of kilometres inside Russian territory. Open-source monitoring recorded hundreds of attacks on Russian trucks and logistics hubs since May, and recent drone raids have hit a Tyumen refinery, a Voronezh missile-component plant and an Orenburg gas-processing facility.
Zelenskyy claimed the new drones, developed by Ukrainian firm Fire Point, can travel over 3,000 kilometres, and warned Belarusian President Lukashenko that Kyiv would act if Belarus continued to host transponders used to guide Russian drones. Belarus subsequently deactivated the devices, a move Kyiv described as a response to its warnings.
