The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said its Alpha special operations unit carried out a series of drone strikes against Russian military targets across occupied Ukrainian territory as part of efforts to reduce Moscow’s combat capabilities.
According to the SBU on Wednesday, the strikes were conducted last week under a broader campaign ordered by President Volodymyr Zelensky to systematically degrade Russia’s war potential.
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In occupied Crimea, the SBU said it struck the Russian military air base in Dzhankoi, damaging relay stations used by Orion reconnaissance and strike drones, as well as weapons and military equipment depots.
The operation also targeted infrastructure at the Crimea Port in Kerch and ammunition and fuel storage sites near the occupied settlements of Novohryhorivka and Chervone.
However, the agency did not disclose the extent of the damage.
Drone units and logistics hubs hit
The SBU said it also destroyed a Russian logistics hub near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region that stored drones, ground robotic systems, and ammunition used to support Russian troops on the front line.
Separate strikes targeted permanent bases of Russian drone operators in the occupied settlements of Komysh-Zoria and Kamianka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Military warehouses in Hranytne and Styl in the Donetsk region were also struck, according to the agency.
The SBU said the operation disrupted Russian logistics, complicating the delivery of fuel and ammunition to frontline units. Russian drone operators and commanding personnel were also killed during the strikes.
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On Tuesday, the agency said its Alpha unit also carried out 13 long-range strikes during the past week against other military targets as part of Zelensky’s 40-day campaign, which included hangars at Saky airfield in occupied Crimea and the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal (PNT).
Largest oil refinery hit
Earlier on Monday, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) said they struck Russia’s largest oil refinery in Omsk for the first time, reportedly using new long-range drones that flew approximately 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) – the deepest strike in the war thus far.
The attack reportedly damaged the refinery’s primary oil-processing unit, a critical component of one of Russia’s most important fuel facilities that processes over 21 million tons of oil annually.
The Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+ reported that the refinery accounts for about 10% of Russia’s total oil refining capacity.
Within the Siberian Federal District, it reportedly supplies more than half of the regional vehicular fuel demand.
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