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Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Drones Hit Russian Airfield, Defense Plant and Oil Refineries

Kyiv says the coordinated assault marks the next phase of its retaliatory campaign to degrade Russian war capabilities

This image from July 30, 2025 from Kharkiv, shows the remains of a Russian-made decoy Gerbera drone beside an Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone.
Emergency workers inspect a damaged car close to the multi-storey residential house that was ruined by a Russian missile Thursday night in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Overview

  • Ukraine’s Security Service drones struck the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield in Krasnodar Krai, a Shahed UAV launch site, igniting a fire on the tarmac.
  • Drone attacks hit Penza’s Elektropribor plant, which manufactures digital network and command-system equipment for Russian military platforms.
  • General Staff reports confirmed successful strikes on Ryazan and Novokuibyshevsk oil refineries and on the Anna Nefteprodukt fuel and lubricant depot in Voronezh region.
  • The deep-strike raids were conducted by the SBU, Unmanned Systems Forces, Special Operations Forces and Main Intelligence Directorate working in coordination.
  • Explosions and fires broke out at each target, and Ukrainian authorities say assessments of the full extent of damage are ongoing.