Ukraine expands deep strikes into Russia as frontline bombardments intensify

Ukrainian forces have struck an oil refinery in the Siberian city of Tobolsk, located more than 2,500 kilometres from the border, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced. Zelensky stated that expanding long-range operations deep inside Russian territory aims to underscore to Moscow the necessity of ending the war.

Meanwhile, Russian strikes across eastern and northern Ukraine continue to inflict civilian casualties and heavy infrastructural damage. Recent artillery and aerial attacks in eastern regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, left at least three people dead and nine others injured. In Chernihiv Oblast, power disruptions cut electricity to roughly 99,000 consumers. Further south in Donetsk Oblast, relentless shelling has severely depopulated the frontline city of Druzhkivka, reducing its resident count from 56,000 before the invasion to fewer than 4,000.

Sources: Investor.bg, Mediapool, Nova TV