Once Ukraine focuses on a particular category of targets in Russia, rest assured: those targets will be destroyed. The current priorities are tankers transporting fuel to Crimea and Russian artillery systems. Long-range strikes also remain a central issue, with Ukrainian drones now reportedly reaching targets as far as 2,500 km away.
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Aerial Drones
Ukraine struck the Omsk Oil Refinery at a distance of nearly 2,500 km from the Ukrainian border, marking the longest-range Ukrainian drone operation to date. The attack was conducted by upgraded FP-1 drones.
Ukraine’s Operation “Auchan” used drones, intelligence, and precision strikes to hit 1,180 enemy targets including armoured vehicles and artillery assets. It halted the Russian offensive for 6 months.
As of July 10, at least 48 tankers belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet had been struck by Ukrainian drones in the Azov Sea over a 120-hour period. The campaign followed the destruction of ground infrastructure used to transport fuel to occupied Crimea, forcing Russia to shift more supplies to maritime routes.