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Ukraine Deepens Long‑Range Strikes as Moscow Reports Massive Drone Intercepts

This campaign is straining air‑defence networks, isolating Crimea through fuel and supply cuts, prompting demands for more Western air‑defence systems.

Overview

  • On Monday Ukrainian forces said they struck a missile‑electronics plant in Voronezh and the Dubna satellite communications centre near Moscow, with footage and Russian regional officials reporting damage and injuries.
  • Russian‑installed authorities in Crimea suspended public fuel sales after strikes on fuel depots and transport links cut supplies to the peninsula and forced curfews and service restrictions in Sevastopol.
  • Moscow officials reported dozens to scores of Ukrainian drones downed over the capital and temporarily halted operations at Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports during multi‑hour air‑defence activity.
  • Reciprocal Russian strikes inside Ukraine killed civilians, including three members of a family in Sumy and other victims in Zaporizhzhia, and Russian drones also struck merchant vessels in the Black Sea causing at least one death.
  • The exchanges are putting sustained pressure on air‑defence systems and Russian logistics to the south, raising the risk of wider bombardment of cities and increasing political and military pressure on Western partners to speed deliveries of air‑defence and long‑range strike systems.