Ukrainian forces strike oil facilities in Russia's Samara and Volgograd regions
Ukrainian troops hit oil refineries and a blending plant in Samara and Volgograd, while also targeting airports, a rocket centre and ammunition depots across several Russian regions.
Ukrainian forces launched strikes on oil installations in Russia's Samara and Volgograd regions, hitting a large refinery in Volgograd and a blending station in Samara, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. He added that the operations also struck Russian airports, a rocket-and-space complex, and an ammunition warehouse in the Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, and Krasnodar border areas. Zelensky highlighted that roughly half of the F-16 jets delivered to Ukraine are still in Europe for repairs, limiting Ukraine's air defence capabilities.
He urged Western partners to relocate more maintenance work to Ukrainian territory for faster redeployment. The president linked the intensified Russian attacks to the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections, suggesting they aim to send a message to Washington.
Why it matters
The attacks show Ukraine's ability to hit strategic Russian energy sites and underscore challenges in maintaining its new fighter fleet.
How this story developed
- Sep 1 Russia multiplies jet-powered Shahed drone strikes fivefold in one month
- Sep 20 Officials reported that 249 unmanned aircraft were intercepted in the latest wave of attacks.
- Sep 21 Election commission chair Ella Pamfilova said preliminary results will be announced Monday at 11 hours (10 hours in Paris).
- Sep 21 Russia's defence ministry said it will increase the frequency and precision of its strikes on Kyiv.
- Sep 21 Partial results show United Russia holding at least 338 of the 450 Duma seats.
- Sep 21 The Quai d’Orsay condemns holding the vote in the occupied territories of Crimea and the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, calling it a violation of international law and the UN Charter and stating Fran
- Sep 25 Ukrainian commanders announced further territorial gains around Lyman since the initial report.
- Sep 27 Operators now use Discord to coordinate the robots with drones.
- Sep 28 Poland’s Government Security Center warned residents of Lublin Voivodeship of a possible air attack following a Russian strike on western Ukraine, while Polish air forces began patrolling national airspace.
- Sep 28 Ukrainian forces announced the latest village recaptures as part of Operation Vivaldi’s third phase.
- Sep 29 The assaults involved missiles and roughly 190 drones targeting Kyiv's communication and energy facilities, as well as critical sites in Zjytomyr, Mykolajiv, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Tsjerkasy. Officials reported multiple deaths, among them a child, and a number of injuries across the country. Power outages affected thousands of households, but DTEK engineers restored electricity to about 8,000 homes. Neighboring NATO members Romania and Poland deployed fighter jets to patrol their airspace during the attacks.
- Oct 2 Russian drones struck Kyiv’s Southern and Paton bridges and a residential block in Darnytskyi district.
- Oct 2 Vladimir Poutine a décidé d’agir « sans plus aucune règle » contre des cibles civiles, affirme Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Oct 3 A new drone impact occurred near the Yahodyn crossing.
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