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Last Update: 10/26/2026 at 11:33 PM EST
Ukraine’s Long-Range Drone Campaign in Russia
Coverage from High North News, Yahoo, and others
Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign targets sites inside Russia, including fuel and energy infrastructure, logistics facilities, and industrial sites linked to military production.
Reported strikes have reached the Moscow region and Omsk in Siberia, with systems such as Fire Point’s FP-1 and the AN-196 Liutyi among those associated with operations. The campaign also draws attention to how drones navigate or challenge layered Russian air defenses, and to reported consequences such as fires and disruption to energy activity.
Key Articles4 of 132 articles
If you read one thing
Its broad account introduces the campaign’s strikes on Russian energy and logistics targets and situates them within the wider conflict.
Best explainer
It explains how repeated drone alerts disrupt Russian aviation and reports figures that convey the scale of the civilian spillover.
The evidence
Its reported 3,200-kilometer strike on Arctic gas-processing infrastructure illustrates both the campaign’s reach and its energy targets.
The evidence
It connects a reported strike on Engels-2 with route planning around Russian defenses and the resulting protection challenge.
Key Issues
Long-range strike reach extends deep into Russia
Reports describe Ukrainian drones reaching targets more than 3,000 kilometers inside Russia, including energy-processing facilities in Siberia. These operations bring increasingly remote infrastructure within reported strike range.
Stable
Russian air defenses must cover a widening rear area
Reports describe air-defense coverage stretched across Russia and vulnerabilities at strategic sites, alongside redeployments to protect priority locations. This indicates a broad-area protection challenge, not that Russian defenses have been overcome generally.
Drone alerts repeatedly disrupt Russian civilian aviation
Drone activity has prompted repeated airport closures, flight diversions, and delays across Russia, including recurring shutdowns affecting Moscow airports. The disruption reaches commercial aviation operations, though its longer-term effect on airline participation remains uncertain.
Energy and industrial infrastructure remain central targets
Reporting describes long-range operations against oil, gas-processing, export, and military-industrial infrastructure as a means of pressuring Russia’s war economy. The evidence establishes the targeting pattern and stated rationale more clearly than the resulting economic damage.
Stable
Key Numbers
14 times
increase relative to the same month a year earlier
“According to AFP, Russia fired 6,297 long-range drones into Ukraine last month, 14 times more than in the same month a year earlier.”
around 800,000 drones per year
Ukraine’s annual drone production
“In 2023, a year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv was producing around 800,000 drones a year. By 2024, that number had more than doubled to two million. Last month, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine was producing more than 10 million units annually, with plans to double that number to 20 million by this time next year.”
at least 10 losses
Tu-95 losses since the start of Russia's invasion
“Oryx has recorded at least 10 Tu-95 losses since the start of Russia's invasion, excluding the two latest Engels-2 strikes.”
500 kilometers
range beyond which drones were increasingly used for strikes
“The biggest strategic change this year compared with 2024 and 2025 is the number of drones being used for strikes beyond a range of 500 kilometers, Bielieskov said.”
6,297 drones
long-range drones fired by Russia into Ukraine
“According to AFP, Russia fired 6,297 long-range drones into Ukraine last month, 14 times more than in the same month a year earlier.”
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The Story So Far
No material change
The new reports describe further drone waves, airport disruption, and reported damage to industrial or data infrastructure, but add no material development beyond the established account.
Previously
Ukraine has expanded massed long-range drone attacks against Russian energy, military and logistics targets, including sites far from the front. Russian interceptions and air-defense deployments continue alongside repeated airport closures that disrupt civilian aviation; the reported scale and effects of individual raids remain difficult to verify.
History
10/25/2026
The account now highlights reciprocal targeting of drone-production infrastructure, adding an industrial dimension to the ongoing strike campaign. Reporting also identifies Ukrainian manufacturer Fire Point and its FP-1 platform.
10/13/2026
The story now includes Ukraine’s claimed sharp expansion of domestic drone production, extending beyond strike operations to the capacity supporting them. It also more explicitly emphasizes civilian aviation disruption from Russian airport closures.
All Articles132 articles
Important
Ukraine said its drones struck gas-processing facilities near Novy Urengoy in Russia's Arctic on September 9 after traveling about 3,200 kilometers from Ukraine.
9/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's SBU used MICH-2000 drones in August 2025 to damage Russian Tu-95 bombers at the Engels-2 airbase near Engels, Russia.
9/9/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine expanded domestic drone production to support long-range attacks on Russian infrastructure as Russia intensified drone strikes across Ukraine during the war.
8/30/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's long-range drone campaign caused repeated airport closures across Russia in 2026, disrupting commercial flights and increasing airline and insurer concerns about Russian airspace.
9/19/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reports drone-enabled deep-strike capability increased to about 1,750 kilometers, citing strikes on Russian air bases and energy facilities.
4/28/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's SBU used MICH-2000 drones in August 2025 to damage Russian Tu-95 bombers at Engels-2 airbase in Saratov, Russia.
9/9/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Following Zelensky's 40-day influence operation announcement, Ukrainian drone attacks targeted Russian refineries and 12 regions, including occupied Crimea, with Russian reports of at least 660 intercepted drones.
6/27/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces reportedly used long-range drones to strike two Russian gas facilities in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug during a campaign against Russian energy infrastructure.
9/11/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine used FP-1 Firepoint, RS-1 Bars, and Bars-SM Gladiator drones on May 16 to May 17, 2026 to strike Moscow-region facilities amid large Russian air-defense interceptions.
5/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
First Separate Center of Unmanned Systems conducted repeated long-range drone strikes from eastern Ukraine, including an attack near Moscow on June 18, using Fire Point drones.
6/27/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia redeploys air defenses to Moscow, Valdai, and Kerch Bridge as Ukrainian long-range drones continue striking deep inside Russia.
6/25/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck Novy Urengoy in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on Wednesday, causing a fire at an industrial facility after air defenses engaged the attack.
9/9/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine launched nearly 200 drones on Moscow, striking the Kapotnya oil refinery and forcing Russian air defenses to strain under jet-powered missile drone pressure.
6/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
British-made drones reportedly struck Russian military and industrial targets during the Russia-Ukraine war, including facilities in mainland Russia and the Rostov Region.
8/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
From June 17 to September 24, Ukraine launched an estimated three times more long-range drone strikes against Russia than Russia launched toward Ukraine, according to Kyiv Post's analysis of open-source data.
9/26/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
RAND researcher Michael Bohnert linked Ukrainian deeper Russia strikes to heavier FP-5 Flamingo warheads and reduced Russian missile defenses during 2024-2025.
7/1/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine is expanding mass drone production and long-range attacks in 2026 to damage Russian military-industrial and energy infrastructure amid insufficient allied missile supplies.
8/30/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian Defense Forces reported on September 5 that September 4 strikes hit Russian Shahed coordination, radar, and electronic warfare facilities in Bryansk region and a repair base in occupied Luhansk.
9/5/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Andriy Kovalenko said in Ukraine that Ukrainian forces should disrupt Russian drone infrastructure because air defense alone cannot stop attacks launched from Russia.
9/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted Russian airports, fuel infrastructure and warehouses across Russia during June, July and August, increasing civilian anxiety before the parliamentary election.
9/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
In April 2025, Leningrad Oblast officials cited Ukrainian long-range drone and missile attacks that targeted Russian oil infrastructure while aiming to suppress air defense.
5/7/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian strike drones targeted the Moscow region and other Russian areas early Saturday, Oct. 17, prompting Russian authorities to close Moscow airspace and divert flights.
10/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces reportedly targeted sites with drones overnight on Oct. 16 across Russia's Moscow, Rostov, and Vladimir regions, disrupting flights and damaging facilities.
10/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones attacked several Russian regions overnight on October 16, prompting air defense activity, airport suspensions, aircraft diversions, and a fire at an industrial facility.
10/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russian officials reported Ukrainian drone attacks on Oct. 13-14 that disrupted Moscow airports and caused a fatality and reported industrial damage in Balakovo and Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
10/14/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones during the summer to strike Russian refineries, logistics sites, and warehouses across Russia, worsening economic and political pressures.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces claimed a drone attack on gas facilities in Novy Urengoy, Russia's Arctic Yamal-Nenets region, while Russian attacks continued across Ukraine.
9/10/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine will continue one-way attack drone strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg, while Rosaviatsiya reported airport disruptions and temporary flight restrictions after Russian shootdowns.
7/7/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Analysts cited by Al Jazeera said Ukraine long-range drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure exposed gaps in Russian rear-area air defenses as Russia emphasized Shahed-derived drones and Iskander missiles.
7/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine hit the Dubna Space Communications Center near Moscow City on June 21-22, prompting Russia to reinforce air defenses with S-400 and redeployed Pantsir.
6/22/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
ISW assessed June 6-7 drone attacks show Ukrainian interdiction of Russian logistics on M-04 and M-14 while Russia used Shahed-type and FPV drones against infrastructure and transport.
6/7/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russian air defenses said they intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight Tuesday across Russia, occupied Crimea and the Sea of Azov as Ukraine widened long-range strikes.
10/6/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine launched expanded drone attacks against Russian refineries, warehouses and airports across Russia during summer 2025, disrupting fuel supplies, travel and commerce.
9/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used nightly drone swarms against Russian airports, refineries, oil facilities and warehouses across Russia and occupied Crimea during the summer, disrupting civilian travel and fuel supplies.
9/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Tuesday that expanding Ukrainian drone attacks would make Russian airspace unsafe, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to accuse Ukraine of state terrorism.
9/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drone strikes over Moscow during the 2020s reportedly burned the Kapotnya oil refinery, prompting evacuations and Russia air-defence intercept claims.
6/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine’s SBU reported weekend strikes on the Moscow region using RS-1 Bars, Firepoint FP-1, and Bars-SM Gladiator drones, including hits at Zelenograd’s Angstrom plant and a Moscow ring oil pipeline pumping station.
5/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones targeted Sukhoi Su-57 aircraft at Akhtubinsk and Shagol airfield on June 2024 and April 25, Russia, with damage unclear.
5/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian and Russian long-range strikes in 2026 increasingly target drone production and navigation component facilities across Taganrog, Cheboksary, and other sites.
5/11/2026 • Counter-Drone & Airspace Security • General
From June through August, Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted airports, fuel infrastructure, and e-commerce facilities across Russia and occupied Crimea, increasing civilian anxiety before Russia's parliamentary election.
9/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine has expanded drone strikes against targets inside Russia after Russian attacks on Ukrainian intelligence and television facilities, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin's regime during the ongoing war.
9/10/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones during the summer to strike Russian refineries and logistics facilities across Russia, intensifying economic pressure before the parliamentary election.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine used long-range drones against Russian oil refineries and logistical facilities during the war, increasing economic pressure and public anxiety before Russia's parliamentary election.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
During the months preceding Russia's parliamentary election, Ukrainian forces used long-range drones against Russian refineries, warehouses, and logistical facilities across Russia, increasing economic and political pressure.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones in 2025 to damage Russian refineries, logistics facilities, and retailer warehouses across Russia, worsening economic pressure during the war.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
During Russia's wartime parliamentary election campaign, Ukrainian forces used long-range drones to strike Russian refineries and logistics facilities, intensifying economic and political pressure.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones during summer 2026 to strike Russian refineries, logistics sites, and warehouses across Russia, increasing economic damage and public anxiety.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian long-range drones damaged Russian refineries and logistics facilities during the pre-election wartime period across Russia, increasing public anxiety.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine used long-range drone swarms in 2026 to attack Russian refineries, logistics facilities, and warehouses, increasing economic pressure and public anxiety before Russia's parliamentary election.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones during the summer to strike Russian refineries and logistics facilities across Russia, intensifying economic pressure before parliamentary voting.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drone strikes on July 28 targeted infrastructure in Moscow Oblast and occupied Crimea, including a steel factory and an electric substation, while attacks also spread to Belgorod and Rostov-on-Don.
7/28/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine sent more than 400 drones toward Moscow overnight, with Russian defenses intercepting most and 85 near the city, causing fires and damage south of Moscow.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Sergei Sobyanin and Andrei Vorobyov reported more than 400 Ukrainian drones aimed at Moscow from late Sunday to early Monday, with 85 intercepted near Moscow.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones attacked Wildberries logistics centres near Elektrostal and Kotovsk in Russia, causing fires, reported deaths and injuries, and claimed air-defense interceptions in the 2020s.
7/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones during the summer to damage Russian refineries and logistics sites across Russia, increasing economic pressure before the parliamentary election.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine used long-range drones against Russian oil refineries and energy facilities since March, contributing to reported Russian attacks on Kyiv as interceptor capacity lags.
7/3/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported a second weekly drone strike on Russia's Ufa oil refinery while Russian Defense Ministry said 179 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across multiple regions and waters.
7/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone strikes in southeastern Ukraine and inside Russia during the week, with Russia reporting 419 Ukrainian drone interceptions.
7/1/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
During the summer before Russia's wartime parliamentary election, Ukrainian long-range drones struck Russian refineries, warehouses, and logistics facilities, worsening economic pressure and public anxiety.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drone strikes against Russian refineries and logistics facilities during Russia's parliamentary election period, damaging infrastructure and disrupting trade across Russia and Ukraine.
9/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
FirePoint reported FP-1 drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses across Russia and occupied Crimea between several days, disrupting logistics and triggering reported evacuations.
7/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russian officials reported more than 400 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow region overnight on July 20, with civilian injuries, fires, and 381 drones shot down.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine conducted a major long-range drone strike near Moscow's oil refinery as Russia reported intercepting or destroying more than 550 drones across multiple regions.
5/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Anne Applebaum reported from Kyiv in 2024 that Phoenix Ghost-origin long-range drone capability contributed to refinery strikes in Moscow and faster Ukrainian adaptation to Russian jamming.
6/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine intensified long-range drone and missile strikes against Russian oil facilities, defenses, factories, and warehouses during 2025 across Russia and occupied Ukrainian territory.
8/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Interesting
Ukraine expanded long-range drone strikes against Russian energy, military, and commercial targets across Russia in 2025 as Kyiv sought to pressure Moscow and weaken its war capacity.
8/11/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's long-range drones have repeatedly disrupted Russian airports during the Russia-Ukraine war, prompting temporary closures and increasing pressure on Europe-Asia aviation routes.
9/2/2026 • Counter-Drone & Airspace Security • General
Ukrainian military units are launching domestically produced long-range attack drones against Russian energy, industrial, and supply targets across Russia during the ongoing war.
8/10/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russia is expanding long-range drone production amid missile shortages, while Ukraine uses reconnaissance drones to monitor weapons factories and target airbases.
9/6/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine’s long-range campaign and tactical drone operations disrupted Russian oil refining by early July while Russia retaliated against Kyiv with missiles and nearly 500 attack drones.
7/5/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine uses domestically produced long-range drones for deep strikes inside Russia, disrupting oil infrastructure while straining Russian air defenses since the start of the full-scale war.
5/12/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
At a Kyiv meeting, Volodymyr Zelensky urged partners to fund expanded Ukrainian long-range drone strikes against Russian targets.
8/25/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russia attacked Kyiv with 115 drones and 28 missiles, killing at least 17 people, while Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries facilities in Russia.
8/5/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces struck commercial, energy, and military targets with drones overnight and Sunday across Russian regions, causing deaths and damage.
8/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Zelenskyy and Ukrainian officials reported a near-Kyiv missile strike while describing Ukraine's expanding drone attacks against targets in Russia.
7/25/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drone strikes overnight July 25 damaged Belgorod logistics and energy infrastructure, triggered fires in Rostov-on-Don, and caused a Wildberries logistics center parking-lot fire in Yekaterinburg.
7/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine conducted drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses in several Russian regions between Saturday and Wednesday, causing deaths, fires, and inventory losses.
7/23/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces used long-range drones against Moscow on late Sunday into early Monday, while Russian air defenses intercepted many and caused damage to industrial and civilian targets.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed July 20 long-range drone strikes on Moscow Oblast oil and logistics sites and six Black Sea vessels, prompting expanded Pantsir-SMD-E air defenses in Moscow.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine launched 400+ drones toward Moscow during late Sunday into early Monday, and Russian air defenses downed most and intercepted 85 near Moscow.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Sergei Sobyanin said more than 400 Ukrainian drones were launched toward Moscow between late Sunday and early Monday, with 85 intercepted near the city.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Moscow authorities reported more than 400 Ukrainian drones aimed at Moscow from late Sunday to early Monday, with interceptions near the city and damage to industrial and residential areas.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Moscow officials reported over 400 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow from late Sunday to early Monday, with 85 intercepted near the capital.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Moscow officials reported more than 400 Ukrainian drones launched toward the Russian capital, with interceptions near Moscow and fires at an industrial park.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian long-range drone strikes hit Wildberries warehouses in Kotovsk and Elektrostal on July 18, 2026, killing eight and injuring more than 60, Russian officials reported.
7/19/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian UAV strikes Saturday damaged Wildberries warehouses and targeted vessels in the Black and Azov Seas, while Russia reported 774 drone intercepts and port strikes in Odesa region.
7/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
U.S. and Iranian forces escalated after an Iranian drone attack on a Strait of Hormuz cargo ship and subsequent U.S. strikes, with U.S. troop deaths reported after a Jordan base attack.
7/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Zelenskyy in Paris discussed European air-defense development as Ukrainian drone operations and Russian countermeasures intensified across Ukraine and Russia.
7/13/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian officials reported overnight drone and missile attacks that included Russian strikes on energy infrastructure and port areas, while air defenses intercepted most drones over Ukraine.
7/11/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine expanded deep-strike drone operations in 2020s into Omsk, Russia, using V-BAT reconnaissance to target energy and logistics sites amid limited Russian air defenses.
7/10/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrenergo Chairman Vitaliy Zaichenko said Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities now deploy 20 to 25 drones per strike, with outages up 36%.
7/10/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Omsk oil refinery with long-range drones in 2020s operations, according to reporting published in 2026 by major outlets.
7/10/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck Russian oil facilities and Sea of Azov tankers on Thursday as Russia reported drone shootdowns and the U.S. pledged a Patriot manufacturing license for Ukraine.
7/9/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's First Separate Center of Unmanned Systems launched long-range Fire Point deep-strike drones, including a June 18 Moscow oil-refinery attack, to pressure Russian energy and logistics despite Russian interception.
6/27/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
GUR assembles Liutyi long-range kamikaze drones in Ukraine for night missions against Russian oil facilities, using decoys and Prisma AI routing to complicate air-defense response.
6/19/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
SBU attributes a May 17 drone strike on Moscow industrial targets to saturation tactics against a layered air-defense network with limited siren activation.
5/26/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck industrial facilities and Wildberries warehouses in Ryazan, Russia, overnight Tuesday, causing fires, injuries, evacuations, and logistics disruption.
7/29/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones damaged Wildberries warehouses in Krasnodar Krai and Stavropol Krai on Wednesday, injuring eight people and prompting evacuations.
7/22/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine conducted a large drone attack in the Moscow region, striking an oil depot and logistics facilities more than 250 miles from Ukraine's border.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the SBU destroyed a Russian Tu-95 at Engels-2 in Saratov during long-range drone strikes in Russia.
7/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Russia used large drone waves to attack Kyiv on Monday while Ukraine cited Patriot interceptor shortages and conducted drone strikes on Russian energy sites.
7/6/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck near Moscow and the Moscow region overnight as Russia reported 81 drone interceptions over the capital and broader shootdowns across the country.
5/17/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
On 1 September 2025, Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned airlines and insurers that Ukrainian drone strikes were increasing aviation risks across Russian airspace.
9/2/2026 • Regulation, Safety & Airspace Integration • General
Ukraine warned airlines and the International Civil Aviation Organization in 2020s Kyiv that Russian airspace was unsafe because of intensifying long-range drone operations.
9/2/2026 • Regulation, Safety & Airspace Integration • General
Ukrainian long-range drones struck a Wildberries warehouse Friday in Yekaterinburg, Russia, more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine's border, officials said.
8/7/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's Kairos battalion used FP1 long-range drones on 21 July to strike 13 electricity nodes across Crimea and Russian-controlled southern Ukraine.
8/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian strike drones hit at least 10 Wildberries warehouses across Russia and occupied Crimea since July 18, causing deaths, fires, and major commercial losses.
7/30/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses inside Russia began July 17, according to analysis and regional governor reports citing civilian casualties and logistics damage.
7/27/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drone strikes hit Wildberries warehouses in Russia and Crimea during 2020s weekend and week, killing nine and disrupting logistics hubs tied to military supply.
7/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries warehouse near Saint Petersburg early Friday, causing fire, injuries, and Pulkovo flight disruptions while Russia reported 571 drones intercepted overnight.
7/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Wildberries said Ukrainian drones attacked three warehouses overnight in Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad region, and Simferopol in Crimea, with no casualties reported.
7/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse near Saint Petersburg early Friday, prompting fire, casualties, and flight disruptions as Russia reported widespread drone interceptions.
7/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine launched drone strikes on Monday night targeting logistics facilities and an oil depot in Russia’s Moscow region, with Russian officials reporting nearly 400 drones downed.
7/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries warehouses and an oil depot in Russia near Moscow on July 18, killing seven and injuring dozens.
7/18/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Sergey Sobyanin and Russia's Defense Ministry reported hundreds of Ukrainian drone launches and intercepts overnight into Moscow and surrounding regions.
7/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Zelensky sought European anti-ballistic defense support in Paris while Ukraine's drone campaign targeted Russian vessels and rear air bases amid reported intercepts and arrests.
7/13/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
In eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian unmanned systems strike unit launches Fire Point drones from an undisclosed site as long-range drone strikes increase amid limited missile stockpiles.
6/27/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones struck warehouses and other sites in Russia's Moscow region overnight on August 16, killing one person and injuring several others.
8/16/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
On June 18, Ukrainian drone strikes across Moscow prompted debate among analysts about Russian air-defense effectiveness and interception capacity.
6/22/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine carried out a large long-range drone attack on the Gazprom Neft refinery in Kapotnya near Moscow, with Russian claims of interceptor shortfalls and reduced air-defense coverage contributing to the outcome.
6/21/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine reported large-scale drone activity in 2026, including strikes on Russian Baltic oil terminals at Primorsk and Ust-Luga, coinciding with slowed Russian momentum and higher drone interception claims.
5/11/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine warned airlines and insurers in 2025 that expanding long-range drone attacks were making Russian airspace unsafe and could disrupt Russian airport operations.
9/2/2026 • Regulation, Safety & Airspace Integration • General
Ukrainian drones killed at least five people and damaged Wildberries warehouses and industrial sites across Russia on Sunday, according to Russian regional officials.
8/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine launched hundreds of long-range drone attacks against Moscow and surrounding Moscow Oblast during 2026, prompting bomb-shelter preparations and damage to buildings and infrastructure.
8/2/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine launched long-range drone attacks against Russian industrial and logistics targets on Monday as European leaders in Kyiv backed expanded missile production and air defense support.
8/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine used long-range drones to strike Russian infrastructure on Monday as aerial attacks intensified across Ukraine and Russia during Independence Day events in Kyiv.
8/24/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
On Sunday, Ukraine's 413th Raid Unmanned Systems Regiment launched explosive FP-1 drones from southern Ukraine toward Russian military, industrial, and logistics targets near Moscow.
8/19/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Additional
Fire Point upgraded FP-1 and FP-2 drones as Ukrainian long-range strikes hit Moscow energy assets on June 18, while a new Russian 3.3 GHz analog-video jet UAV appeared in southern Ukraine.
6/20/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Fire Point is supplying Ukraine with long-range FP-1 attack drones used in 2020s strikes against Russian infrastructure, including the Omsk oil refinery.
7/28/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine used long-range drones to attack Russian refineries and logistics facilities during the week of 19-23 August, while Russia intensified drone and missile strikes across Ukraine.
8/22/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukrainian drones killed at least 10 people and damaged industrial and logistics facilities across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian areas today.
8/22/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General
Ukraine's 413th Raid Unmanned Systems Regiment launched approximately 20 FP-1 strike drones on Sunday from southern Ukraine toward targets deep inside Russia.
8/19/2026 • Military Drones & Battlefield Use • General