Russian Air Defences Face Mounting Losses

(KYIV) – Ukraine has sharply increased its long range strike campaign against Russian military and industrial infrastructure, with attacks in recent days reported on facilities in Moscow, Samara region, Kstovo, Primorsk and Ust Luga, according to Ukrainian commentary and Russian reports cited online.

The latest wave of strikes appears to underline a broader Ukrainian strategy aimed at degrading Russia’s air defence network, fuel supply chain, defence industry and export infrastructure as Kyiv seeks to weaken Moscow’s capacity to sustain its war.

According to commentary circulated this week, Ukrainian strikes over the past six months have inflicted far heavier losses on Russian air defence systems than in earlier phases of the full scale invasion.

Explosions and fires were reported this week at multiple military related and industrial sites inside Russia, including in Moscow, where disruptions to flights have increasingly become part of wartime life in the Russian capital. Additional strikes were reported at a refinery in Kstovo and at key oil export infrastructure serving Russia’s Baltic energy trade.

Russian facilities in Primorsk and Ust Luga, two of the country’s most important Baltic oil export terminals, were also reportedly hit. The facilities are strategically important to Russia’s energy exports and broader wartime revenues. Reports circulating online suggested operations were disrupted after drone strikes and subsequent fires.

Ukraine has increasingly focused on energy and industrial infrastructure linked to Russia’s war economy, calculating that sustained damage to refining, storage, export and transport capacity could have a cumulative effect on Moscow’s military financing and logistics.

Reports also pointed to strikes or fires involving chemical and industrial sites in Samara region, Tolyatti and Taganrog.