Russian air defenses

Drones strike Russian resort city of Sochi, targeting local oil depot and air defenses

An overnight drone strike targeted the Russian resort city of Sochi on September 4, igniting fires at a local oil depot and an area housing a Russian air defense unit, according to local monitoring channels.

4 September, 08:49 AM

Video shows aftermath of drone strikes in Moscow Oblast and Krasnodar Krai

Explosions shook Russia’s Moscow Oblast and Krasnodar Krai on September 3, as local residents reported drone attacks and fires, according to independent monitoring channels.

3 September, 11:50 AM

600+ drones target Moscow Oblast in major overnight raid

A total of 620 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow Oblast overnight on August 18, marking one of the largest aerial assaults on the Russian capital region, according to Russian officials and local monitoring groups.

18 August, 08:40 AM

Massive drone strikes plunge occupied Crimea into widespread blackouts

Drones struck occupied Crimea overnight on August 12, with residents reporting explosions and active air defenses across Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta, Bakhchysarai, and Saky, according to local monitoring channel Crimean Wind.

12 August, 07:48 AM

Drone raid hits Moscow, forcing local airports to ground flights

An overnight drone strike targeted Moscow on August 11, with Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claiming that Russian air defenses shot down at least 13 inbound drones.

11 August, 08:52 AM

Explosions rock Russia’s Tatarstan amid massive drone barrage

Drone strikes triggered a wave of explosions across Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan on the morning of August 10, independent outlet Astra reported.

10 August, 10:39 AM

Explosions and widespread fires rip through occupied Crimea following overnight drone strikes

A series of overnight drone strikes triggered numerous fires across the temporarily occupied Crimean cities of Yany Kapu and Sevastopol, local monitoring group Crimean Wind reported on August 10.

10 August, 10:19 AM

Explosive video captures drone strike on major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl

Explosions rocked Russia’s Yaroslavl overnight on August 6, as residents reported drone strikes on the city that likely targeted the regional oil refinery, local monitoring channels reported.

6 August, 09:10 AM

Downed drone kills six on beach in Russia's Gelendzhik

Drones struck Russia's Krasnodar Krai on Aug. 3, and debris from a downed drone fell on a beach in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka, part of the resort city of Gelendzhik, killing at least six people, according to Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev.

3 August, 05:53 PM

Moscow bolsters capital air defenses at the expense of frontline combat zones

Russian authorities have been trying to strengthen air defenses in Moscow in recent weeks, possibly, at the expense of frontline areas, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on June 22.

23 June, 10:51 AM

Ukraine deployed jet-powered drones during massive Moscow attack

In addition to the conventional drones typically used in long-range strikes against Russian targets, Ukraine actively employed jet-powered missile drones during the June 18 attack on the Moscow Oil Refinery and several other sites around the Russian capital, sources in Ukraine's Defense Forces told NV.

18 June, 02:16 PM

Ukraine’s long-range strikes evolve into sustained campaign against Russian military networks

Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign against Russian targets has evolved from a limited, uneven effort into a sustained, layered operation aimed at degrading Moscow’s air defenses, logistics, infrastructure and rear-area support networks, a new OSINT dataset by Tochnyi indicates. Its impact now appears to extend beyond the battlefield: Russia has scaled back its traditional May 9 Victory Day military parade amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes, while Putin’s declared ceasefire around the event underscored Moscow’s concern that Ukraine could disrupt one of the Kremlin’s most symbolic displays of military power.

6 May, 04:05 PM

Ukraine expands deep strikes on Russian oil hubs

Ukrainian forces have stepped up long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure over the past two weeks, targeting at least eight key export facilities, refineries, and defense industry sites across a wide geographic area, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on April 5, citing official statements and open-source data.

6 April, 10:58 AM

Ukrainian drones cripple Russian air defense at Belbek airfield

Long-range drones struck several Russian air defense assets at the Belbek military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, December 18, sources within Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told NV on Dec. 18.

18 December 2025, 03:17 PM

Ukraine wipes out Russian air defenses in occupied Donbas

Ukrainian forces targeted several high-value components of Russia’s air defense network in occupied Donbas on Nov. 29, the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported on Dec. 2, sharing videos of the successful strikes.

2 December 2025, 11:04 AM

Ukraine strikes Bryansk chemical plant with Storm Shadow missiles

The Ukrainian military attacked a chemical plant in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast with an unspecified number of Franco-British air-launched Storm Shadow cruise missiles, Ukraine’s General Staff announced on Oct. 21.

22 October 2025, 12:38 AM

Drone attack sparks fire at Russian oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast

A drone attack was reported in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast overnight, sparking a fire in the industrial zone of the city of Kirishi, regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Telegram on Oct. 2.

4 October 2025, 10:55 AM

Russian air defenses, air-traffic management in spotlight after plane crash in Kazakhstan

The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 could have been shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missile system, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, wrote on Telegram later that day.

26 December 2024, 09:19 AM

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