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Ukrainian drones expose Moscow air defense gaps in major refinery strike

Hundreds of Ukrainian drones flew over Russia’s capital and struck an oil refinery in Kapotnya with almost no resistance, exposing Moscow’s outdated defenses and embarrassing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, The Telegraph reported on June 18.

21 June, 04:11 PM

Ukrainian drone forces hit four gas compressor stations in occupied Crimea

The Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces struck four gas compressor stations in occupied Crimea overnight on June 20, along with Russian logistics targets, commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi said.

20 June, 09:56 PM

Ukraine hit Tyumen refinery nearly 2,000 kilometers from border, adviser confirms

Serhii Sternenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, confirmed an attack on the Tyumen oil refinery nearly 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.

20 June, 04:34 PM

Drones strike Tyumen oil refinery in what may be Ukraine’s farthest attack yet

Russian authorities said drones attacked the Tyumen oil refinery on June 20, targeting a facility about 1,900 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.

20 June, 03:57 PM

Russia may have moved Pantsir from front to defend Moscow refinery, Defense Express says

Russian forces installed another Pantsir air defense gun-missile system in Moscow after a large-scale drone attack on the Moscow oil refinery, possibly moving it from the front because of a shortage of air defense systems, Defense Express wrote on June 20.

20 June, 03:18 PM

Russia will use Moscow drone attacks to justify massive strikes on Ukraine, ISW says

The Kremlin has begun laying the information groundwork to continue and intensify its strikes on Ukraine after a record drone attack on Moscow on June 18, the Institute for the Study of War said in its June 19 report.

20 June, 11:36 AM

Ukraine hits Moscow refinery’s ‘heart’ in drone attack, SBU says

A large fire broke out near the Moscow Oil Refinery after a strike in the area, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on June 16. Preliminary information indicated that a key crude-processing unit considered the “heart” of the plant was damaged.

16 June, 12:46 PM

Mounting Russian losses force Kremlin closer to hard choices over Ukraine

As Ukraine expands drone and missile production and Russia’s losses mount, the war is becoming more costly for the Kremlin, The Sunday Times columnist Mark Urban wrote.

14 June, 08:17 PM

Putin faces rare public criticism as Russia’s war economy comes under pressure

More Russian public figures are breaking with the official line to criticize the authorities, The Telegraph reported on June 13.

14 June, 12:23 PM

Drone attack ignites Azot chemical plant as Russia reports wider blasts

Drones attacked targets in Russia overnight on June 14, hitting the Novomoskovsk Azot chemical plant in Tula Oblast and triggering a fire at the facility.

14 June, 11:10 AM

Ukrainian drones leave Russian corvette Boikiy likely beyond repair — OSINT analysis

The Russian Baltic Fleet patrol corvette Boikiy was heavily damaged after being hit by drones operated by Ukraine’s Defense Forces at the Kronstadt naval base in St. Petersburg and is likely beyond repair, according to an analysis by open-source analyst MT Anderson.

11 June, 03:18 PM

Drone barrage pounds occupied Crimea, sparking fire at Sevastopol military site

Loud explosions rang out across Russian-occupied Crimea overnight and into the morning on June 11, with reports of a large-scale drone attack on Sevastopol and other cities.

11 June, 12:50 PM

Drone attack closes Dzhankoy station, disrupting Russia’s Crimea military traffic

Ukrainian drones struck the Dzhankoy railway station in occupied Crimea on June 8 while a large number of Russian troops were there, and the station has remained closed since then, Denys Chystikov, deputy representative of Ukraine’s president in Crimea, told Radio NV.

11 June, 11:30 AM

Ukraine drone reach forces Kremlin to shift Russia’s defense burden to business

Russian authorities will allow private companies to buy air defense equipment to protect strategic facilities from Ukrainian strikes, shifting part of the burden of defending critical businesses and infrastructure onto the private sector, Bloomberg reported on June 9.

9 June, 05:21 PM

Ukraine expands drone war to make Russians feel the cost of Putin’s invasion

Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg are meant to make Russians “feel” what war is like after long ignoring the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The Guardian on June 9.

9 June, 11:03 AM

Anti-drone nets rise near Putin’s Valdai residence after Ukraine’s Cobweb raid

Anti-drone nets have appeared over parking areas for trucks in Russia’s Valdai district of Novgorod Oblast, 9 kilometers from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s official residence, Russian outlet Agentstvo reported on June 8.

8 June, 05:44 PM

Russian Navy arsenal burns near St. Petersburg after drone attack

Fires broke out at a Russian Navy arsenal in Leningrad Oblast after a drone attack on St. Petersburg and the surrounding region on June 6, with the blaze visible in satellite imagery, Russian Telegram channels reported on June 7.

7 June, 07:22 PM

Ukraine’s drones strike Russia’s Baltic Fleet, opening a new northern front

Drone attacks on Russia’s naval base in Kronstadt and an oil terminal in St. Petersburg were symbolically important and a particular embarrassment for the Kremlin because they came just ahead of an annual summit Russia presents as its “answer to Davos,” The War Zone reported.

4 June, 12:57 PM

Cobweb architect details how Ukraine’s drone strike began as a Moscow mission — interview

Valeriy Borovyk, a veteran of the Russia-Ukraine war and founder of First Contact, a defense manufacturer directly involved in the legendary Cobweb operation, told Radio NV on the anniversary of the mission how difficult such operations are to prepare, how Cobweb’s conditions and targets changed, why details are being disclosed now, how Ukraine’s technological capabilities have changed over the past year and what Russians should expect next.

4 June, 12:32 PM

Ukrainian drones strike 1,100 km inside Russia, igniting St. Petersburg oil hub

St. Petersburg came under drone attack overnight and early on June 3. Ukraine later confirmed a strike on the city’s oil terminal, where a major fire broke out.

3 June, 12:53 PM

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