Kyiv Reports More Strikes Deep Inside Russia

Ukraine has continued its campaign of strikes deep inside Russian territory. On Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced an attack on an oil refinery in the city of Ufa, more than 1,300 km from the front line. It was the second strike on the facility.

"Every day, our plan for imposing Ukrainian long-range sanctions is being implemented. This is an entirely just response to everything Russia is doing against us", Zelensky wrote on social media platform X.

He also said Ukrainian forces had struck what he described as a strategic military-industrial facility in Russia's Penza region, about 600 km from the front line. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the site, owned by the state-run corporation Roscosmos, manufactures sensors for guided and ballistic missiles, avionics components and equipment for reconnaissance satellites.

The Ukrainian military also reported strikes on two bridges in the Russian-occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as a logistics crossing in the Donetsk region.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces struck 11 Russian oil refineries, fuel logistics facilities, military factories and other targets in June. Separately, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it had attacked hangars housing Russian fighter jets at an air base in annexed Crimea.

Last week, Zelensky approved a 40-day military campaign intended to increase pressure on Russia to end the war.

(reuters, bak)