How Ukraine’s long range drones are systematically burning Russia’s multi-billion-dollar energy hubs

0 August 23, 2026 16:42

Over 1,200 kilometres deep inside Russian territory, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces have shattered the myth of rear-area security.

In one of the longest-range operations of the war, long-range strike drones bypassed layered Russian air defences to set the massive Taneco oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk ablaze—methodically crippling the fuel supply lines and economic engine powering Putin’s invasion.

Former Intelligence Officer Philip Ingram breaks down Ukraine’s relentless campaign against Russian energy and logistics, from the destruction of the 200,000-square-meter Wildberries centre in Aleksin to strikes on rocket fuel component plants in Tobolsk. Plus, an inside look at the exact drone tech driving these deep-strike missions.

– Video chapters: –
00:00 Introduction / Ukraine’s deep strike campaign
00:28 Ukraine bombs Taneco oil refinery
03:22 The drones behind the operations
04:38 Ukraines gains in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
08:14 Conclusion
08:40 Ends

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