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Massive Ukrainian drone attack hits Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, striking oil terminal, VK data center, and bridge
On the night of October 18, a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack struck Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Leningrad Oblast. Drones hit the Petersburg Oil Terminal, a VKontakte data center and adjacent substation in Leningrad Oblast, an Ozon logistics center, a Rosneft-affiliated fuel depot, and a cable-stayed bridge on the Western High-Speed Diameter, causing fires, power outages, service disruptions, and casualties. Ukrainian defense company Fire Point claimed responsibility, saying FP-1 drones were used.
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Ukrainian Navy strikes Russian Borisoglebsk airfield with Neptune missiles, hitting six Su-34M bombers
On the night of October 15, Ukraine's Naval Forces struck the Borisoglebsk military airfield in Russia's Voronezh Oblast using the Neptune coastal missile system. According to the Ukrainian Navy, six Russian Su-34M fighter-bombers were hit, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and a Navy spokesperson specifying that four were destroyed and two damaged. Aviation support equipment was also destroyed, and fires and secondary detonations were reported on the airfield grounds. Russian authorities had not commented on the attack as of reporting.
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Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Moscow and Balakovo, four airports shut
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said approximately 493 drones headed toward the Russian capital from the evening of October 13, with 180 destroyed on approach. Four Moscow airports suspended operations, with Vnukovo closed for more than eight hours. Separately, drones struck the city of Balakovo in Saratov Oblast, reportedly hitting a Sberbank data center and energy facilities.
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Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data center in Vladimir, third strike in four days
Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex data center in the Russian city of Vladimir overnight on October 11, forcing Yandex to halt operations at the facility and knocking out a wide range of its consumer and cloud services. The attack is the third on a Yandex data center within four days, following strikes on facilities in Sasovo, Ryazan region on October 8 and in the Kaluga region on October 9. Outages hit the Alice voice assistant, Yandex Music, Telemost, Yandex Dom, taxi and other consumer apps, and more than 80 Yandex Cloud services, with disruptions reported in Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Serbia.
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Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian missile-fuel and launch-complex facilities overnight
On the night of 9 October 2026, Ukraine's Defence Forces struck Russian facilities tied to missile launches and rocket-fuel production, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. Three missile-related targets were confirmed hit: a branch of the Barmin Research Institute of Launch Complexes near Dalneye Konstantinovo-5 in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Centre for Elimination of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles near Surovatikha in the same oblast, and the Redkino Research Plant in Tver Oblast. Fires broke out at the Redkino plant; the regional governor said no workers were hurt. Reports also describe simultaneous drone strikes on an oil depot north of Belgorod, the Ukhta refinery in the Komi Republic, and sites in Kaluga Oblast.
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Ukrainian drone strike hits Yandex data center at Russian machine-tool plant, triggering large-scale outages
On the night of October 8, a Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire at the Sasta machine-building plant in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, where a major Yandex data center is co-located. The data center was fully suspended, knocking out 38 of more than 70 Yandex Cloud services and disrupting Russian banks, marketplaces, telecoms and media. President Zelensky confirmed the strike and called it a "mirror response" to Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centers.
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Drones strike Russian Shahed launch base in Oryol Oblast, Ukraine's Defence Ministry confirms
Drones attacked the Tsymbulove UAV launch base in Russia's Oryol Oblast overnight on 3 October, with NASA FIRMS satellite monitoring detecting fire hotspots at the facility from around 01:33. Ukraine's Ministry of Defence officially confirmed the strike in its weekly recap video, framing it as a hit on a Shahed launch site. The same night saw a separate large-scale drone attack on Kaluga Oblast.
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Ukrainian drones hit Edelweiss-95 oil depot in Krasnodar Krai, SBU claims four depot strikes overnight
In the night of 28 September 2026, drones struck the Edelweiss-95 oil depot in stanitsa Novotitarovskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, sparking a fire. Ukraine's SBU said it struck four oil depots in the region overnight using drones from its Alpha Special Operations Center. Russian regional authorities had not officially confirmed the attack at the time of initial reporting.
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Ukrainian drones hit two Russian oil refineries and defence-linked plants overnight into 25 September
In the night of 24–25 September 2026, Ukrainian drones struck multiple Russian industrial sites far behind the front line. The Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm was hit and a fire broke out; the Novoshakhtinsk refinery in Rostov Oblast suspended operations after being damaged; the Iskra microelectronics plant in Ulyanovsk, part of the Almaz-Antey defence concern, was also struck, along with a synthetic-rubber plant in Voronezh. Russia's General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strikes on the two refineries, and President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly acknowledged the attacks.
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Ukrainian drones strike Kuibyshev refinery in Russia's Samara region, causing large fire
On the night of 22 September 2026, Ukrainian drones attacked the Kuibyshevsky oil refinery in Samara Oblast, Russia, igniting a large-scale fire. Ukraine's General Staff and the Unmanned Systems Forces confirmed the strike, with the Unmanned Systems Forces stating the distance to the target exceeded 1,000 km. The same night, Ukrainian forces also struck the Bashneft-UNPZ refinery in Ufa.
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Ukraine strikes Moscow oil refinery and logistics complex in largest drone attack on Russian capital
In the night of 19–20 September 2026, Ukraine launched a massive drone and missile attack on Moscow and Moscow Oblast, hitting the Gazpromneft Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya and a warehouse complex in Sofyino. Fires broke out at both sites. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called it the largest drone attack ever on the Russian capital. At least two people were killed and six injured across Moscow Oblast, and more than 400 flights were cancelled or delayed at Moscow airports. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the operation involved the SBU, Unmanned Systems Forces, SSO, HUR and Foreign Intelligence Service.
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Ukraine hits Rostov airfield and Yaroslavl oil refinery in overnight strikes
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck a military airfield in Rostov-on-Don and the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl on the night of September 17. The SBU carried out the airfield strike, while the refinery hit was a joint operation of the SBU, the Unmanned Systems Forces, military intelligence (HUR) and the Foreign Intelligence Service. Russian governors reported no casualties from either attack.
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Ukrainian drones strike Azot chemical plant deep inside Russia
Ukrainian drones attacked the Azot branch of Uralchem in Berezniki, Perm Krai, on the morning of September 11, causing explosions, smoke and a full halt of production at Russia's largest nitrogen fertilizer facility, roughly 1,500 km from the Ukrainian border. Plant workers reported multiple blasts; the Russian Defense Ministry said drones were shot down and the Perm governor reported no casualties.
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Ukrainian drones strike Ryazan oil refinery and Rostov airfield overnight
On the night of September 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones attacked targets in Russia's Ryazan and Rostov oblasts. Ukraine's General Staff said the Defense Forces struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery, the Rostov-on-Don airfield, a Podlyot radar station, and two Pantsir-S1 air-defense systems, with the refinery hit using an FP-1 drone produced by Fire Point. Russian officials acknowledged a drone attack and a fire at an unnamed enterprise in Ryazan, but did not officially confirm damage to the refinery.
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Ukraine strikes Moscow region and Sochi port in overnight drone and unmanned-boat salvo
Overnight on September 2–3, Russia said its air defenses intercepted 416 drones launched across multiple regions, while uncrewed surface vessels struck the port of Sochi. Ukraine's Naval Forces confirmed the Russian ship Nefrit was hit in Sochi, and a separate strike was reported on a Russian BK-16 boat in occupied Sevastopol. Drone impacts were reported in the Moscow region, including an apartment building in Kubinka located near a military airbase.