Long-Range Drone Offensive: Ukraine Strikes Strategic Russian Oil Refinery in Yamalo-Nenets and Dagestan Port

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The Russia-Ukraine theater has witnessed a massive geopolitical escalation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has officially confirmed that Ukrainian defense forces have successfully executed synchronized long-range drone strikes targeting a massive oil refinery infrastructure in the remote Yamalo-Nenets region and a strategic maritime seaport in Dagestan.

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Ukrainian military officials stated that the complex drone operation also successfully neutralized eight other major military logistics and critical infrastructure facilities deep within the Russian Federation, including targeted strikes in the Moscow, Voronezh, Astrakhan, and Bryansk regions. President Zelenskyy noted that the deep-penetration offensive was an unyielding counter-response to recent Russian missile strikes that resulted in five civilian deaths, a development expected to squeeze global oil supply chains even tighter.