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Ukraine Escalates Deep Strikes and Sanctions as Frontline Battles Intensify

Deep strikes with new sanctions target Russia’s war economy.

Overview

  • - Ukraine’s General Staff reported 137 battles in a single day with Russia using 155 guided bombs, 4,642 one‑way attack drones and 2,476 barrages against towns and defensive lines.
  • - Ukraine’s security service said its long‑range drones hit a Transneft oil pumping station near Perm more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine, igniting fuel tanks at a key hub that feeds multiple routes.
  • - Russia’s emergencies minister traveled to Tuapse as crews fought another blaze at Rosneft’s Black Sea refinery, and officials deployed floating booms to curb oil flowing toward the sea at a plant vital for fuel supply and exports.
  • - Overnight alerts gripped Sevastopol and other parts of occupied Crimea, where Russian officials claimed air defenses downed 23 drones and three sea drones and local channels reported blasts near military airfields.
  • - President Volodymyr Zelensky announced new sanctions on individuals tied to child deportations and on 23 ships used to move Russian oil, while the foreign ministry said over 850,000 tons of Ukrainian grain were taken from occupied ports since January and vowed to pursue the shadow fleet.