Overview
- Ukraine has stepped up frequent long‑range drone raids this week that have hit refineries, fuel depots and power facilities in Russian‑held Crimea and inside Russia.
- The strikes have caused acute fuel shortages in Crimea, forced rolling power cuts in Sevastopol and prompted fuel‑sale limits or rationing in many Russian regions.
- Russia reports shooting down hundreds of Ukrainian drones on multiple recent nights while local authorities say several attacks inside Russia and Crimea caused civilian deaths and depot fires.
- Russian missile and drone bombardments continue to strike Ukrainian cities, killing civilians and aid workers including staff from a Norwegian demining NGO in Kherson.
- The campaign has political fallout: President Zelensky skipped a key reconstruction conference in Poland and ordered preventive strikes on sites used for Russia’s war effort, a move that could deepen allied tensions and raise the risk of wider escalation.