Zelensky says Ukrainian strikes hit Russian oil, drone and military sites
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that deep strikes on Russian territory achieved significant results, targeting a Black Sea site, a drone launch complex in Orel, oil infrastructure in Samara and a supply depot in Briansk.
President Volodymyr Zelensky told one outlet that Ukraine’s recent deep strikes on Russian soil produced "significant results," citing a hit on a Black Sea target and a drone launch and storage site in the Orel region. He added that attacks also struck an oil facility in Samara and a supply depot in the occupied Briansk area, part of a broader effort to cripple Russia’s war-fighting capacity. Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine will continue to deny Russia the means to sustain the conflict.
In Briansk, interim governor Iegor Kovaltchouk reported that a 16-year-old boy was injured by a drone-dropped explosive, a bus driver was hospitalized after a drone hit a bus, and a large agricultural operation suffered extensive drone damage, though no workers were killed. He also claimed that Russian anti-air defenses shot down 139 drones in the region over the past 24 hours.
Why it matters
The strikes show Ukraine’s ability to hit strategic targets deep inside Russia, raising the conflict’s intensity.
How this story developed
- Sep 1 Russia multiplies jet-powered Shahed drone strikes fivefold in one month
- Sep 20 Zelensky said a major Russian oil refinery, a logistics structure and the Voronezh region were hit in the massive attack.
- 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 26 Russian attacks killed four civilians in Ukraine, while a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia's Krasnodar region killed three people.
- Sep 27 Operators now use Discord to coordinate the robots with drones.
- Sep 27 German de‑escalation pleas were rejected and talks have stalled.
- Sep 28 Ukrainian forces announced the latest village recaptures as part of Operation Vivaldi’s third phase.
- Sep 28 Russian strikes this week damaged Kyiv data centres and set fire to the National Academy of Sciences.
- Sep 29 The latest 24‑hour wave of Russian attacks resulted in one death and 56 injuries nationwide.
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