Khmara On Ukraine's Long-Range Strikes: Enemy Has No 'Rear Area,' Russia Must Get Used To It
"Strikes deep inside enemy territory are part of a clear strategy to weaken the Russian war machine," the ministry's press service quoted Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara as saying.
According to the Ministry of Defense, over the past 24 hours alone, the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery in Leningrad Region was hit. This means hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fuel that will no longer make it into the tanks of Russian forces. At the Yeysk airfield in Krasnodar Krai, a large-scale fire broke out following a successful strike. A Shahed drone preparation and launch base in Millerovo, Rostov Region, from which Russia launches drones at Ukraine, was also hit. The "Kover" plan, airspace closures, and air raid alerts were introduced across 10 Russian regions simultaneously. The Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow and Sochi Airport in Adler were temporarily shut down.
Read also: Defense Forces strike Russian radar station, air defense system and command postsThe Ministry of Defense added that the following facilities in Russia had been hit during the week:
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August 25 - the Afipsky Oil Refinery, one of the major oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai;
August 26 - the Lukoil-Nizhegorodniinefteproekt refinery in Kstovo, Russia's fourth-largest refinery and second-largest by gasoline production;
August 28 - the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl.
"For our Deep Strike systems, there is no such thing as a 'rear area.' The Russian war machine will burn wherever it prepares to commit crimes," the Ministry of Defense stressed.
As Ukrinform reported, Russia's total combat losses since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, amounted to approximately 1,486,600 personnel as of August 30, 2026, including 1,400 over the previous 24 hours.
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