Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly claimed the long-range operation that Kyiv said used drones and missiles to strike military logistics, air-defense sites and energy facilities.
- The strikes targeted multiple facilities in Crimea, produced explosions near the Kerch bridge area with damage under verification, and hit a refinery in Tyumen region in Siberia.
- Russian authorities reported large-scale defenses, saying they intercepted hundreds of drones—reports cited up to 301 destroyed—and temporarily limited operations at Moscow airports.
- The attacks disrupted fuel distribution: Crimean authorities suspended civilian fuel sales and Moscow imposed emergency measures including export bans, duty cuts and increased Belarusian supplies.
- The campaign shows Ukraine’s growing long-range reach and has both immediate military effects on Russian logistics and civilian consequences inside Russia while heavy fighting continues in Ukrainian regions such as Zaporizhzhia.