Gas stations have run dry in some regions of Russia after Ukrainian drones struck refineries and other oil infrastructure in recent weeks, with motorists waiting in long lines and officials resorting to rationing or cutting off sales altogether.
The Yelabuga factory has become too dangerous to staff, with few technicians willing to work at Russia’s largest Shahed assembly plant under repeated Ukrainian strikes.
Ukraine continues its campaign against Russia’s fuel production and logistics: drones struck Samara’s Kuibyshevsky and Krasnodar’s Afipsky oil refineries, a Samara station, and a Volgograd train depot.
The falling drone debris story never fails to get an eye roll from me. It's easily worse than admitting that a refinery went up in flames because of an explosive. The image of being untouchable is...
The falling drone debris story never fails to get an eye roll from me. It's easily worse than admitting that a refinery went up in flames because of an explosive.
The image of being untouchable is so transparently false.
As militaries race to harness artificial intelligence, Ukraine has quietly moved from theory to battlefield application—deploying autonomous drone swarms that coordinate, adapt, and strike with minimal human oversight.
FSS outpost and patrol boats in Crimea near Armyansk were struck with new Flamingo cruise missiles, not Neptune missiles.
After initial reports indicated that Neptune cruise missiles had struck the site, military sources shared with Militarnyi that the damage was caused by Flamingo cruise missiles, correcting earlier claims made by Astra.
The strike took place on the morning of August 30, 2025. A video of the salvo on targets in Russian-controlled territory was published on the Telegram channel Nikolaevsky Vanyok.
Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries have some Russian regions running on empty
Frontline report: Ukrainian drones strike 1,300 kilometers deep into Russia, torching Shahed storage depots in Tatarstan (Euromaidan Press)
Ukrainian intelligence hits Russian cruise missile carrier in Azov Sea – video (Ukrainska Pravda)
Ukraine’s UAVs swarm deep into Russia: Samara and Krasnodar Krai refineries burns, train depot goes dark (Euromaidan Press)
The falling drone debris story never fails to get an eye roll from me. It's easily worse than admitting that a refinery went up in flames because of an explosive.
The image of being untouchable is so transparently false.
Ukraine Just Changed Warfare Forever With AI-Guided Attack Drone Swarms, WSJ Reports (United24 Media)
FSS Facility in Crimea Hit by Flamingo Missiles, Not Neptune — Sources (Militarnyi)