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Appears in 7 stories · Last updated Nov 10, 2026
The same SBU unit that struck the first Tu-95MS on July 16 destroyed a second Tu-95MS at Engels-2 on August 28, using the same drone model
Ukrainian drones set fire to the Kirishi refinery in Leningrad Oblast, Russia's second-largest, overnight into Nov. 9, and struck the Morozov plant near St Petersburg, which makes solid fuel for Iskander ballistic missiles. A woman was killed by falling debris in Kirishi, and a Russian strike on Odesa killed three people.
Updated 2 days ago
Leading Ukraine's deep-strike operations
On June 1, 2025, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) flew 117 drones smuggled into Russia in truck cabins and struck four air bases, gutting Russia's strategic bomber force. About 17 months on, the toll is still disputed: the SBU claims 41 aircraft hit, while U.S. officials say up to 20, about 10 destroyed.
Updated 5 days ago
Denied involvement; FSB alleges SBU ran the operation with Polish and British intelligence support.
Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, first deputy head of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, was shot three times in his Moscow apartment building on February 6, 2026. He regained consciousness after surgery. The FSB has named Lyubomir Korba and Viktor Vasin as the attackers and says both pleaded guilty. It also arrested Pavel Vasin, Viktor's son, as a third suspect. Kyiv denies involvement.
Updated Oct 31
Conducting deep-strike operations 1,600km inside Russia; expanding chemical and energy infrastructure targeting
Ukraine's drone campaign reached deeper into Russia. Russia's Defence Ministry said it shot down 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight into October 29, and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 231 were destroyed on the approach to the capital. Earlier, Ukrainian strikes hit a chemical plant in Voronezh on October 26 and an ammunition depot in occupied Luhansk.
Updated Oct 29
As of July 2026: Claimed the Caspian strike operation
For five months, the 2026 Iran war stayed in the south — the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf. On July 25, Ukrainian drones struck cargo ships more than 1,000 miles north, in the Caspian Sea.
Updated Jul 26
As of May 2026: Conducting assassination operations against Russian military leadership
On December 28, President Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced 90% agreement on a revised 20-point peace framework at Mar-a-Lago. The next day Russia claimed Ukraine attacked Putin's residence with drones—a charge Kyiv denies, calling it fabricated to sabotage talks. The alleged attack exposes how fragile negotiations are: while diplomats inch toward compromise, the shadow war continues and Moscow weaponizes accusations to 'toughen' its bargaining position. The real question after nearly four years of invasion is whether either side will stop fighting long enough to sign a deal.
Updated May 16
As of May 2026: Primary Ukrainian intelligence service
A car bomb killed Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov in southern Moscow on December 22, 2025—the latest in a series of targeted assassinations of Russian military officials. Sarvarov, who headed the training department within Russia's general staff, was blown up in the capital city itself, a brazen escalation of Ukraine's shadow war behind Russian lines. Two days later, another bombing in the same Moscow district killed two police officers and the attacker, raising questions about whether the incidents are connected.
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