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Ukraine’s Long-Range Drone Campaign Hits Russian Bomber Base, Refinery and Logistics Hub

Ukraine carried out a broad overnight long-range drone campaign against targets across Russia, reportedly damaging a strategic bomber airfield, a seven-million-ton refinery, air-defense and radar installations, and a major Wildberries logistics hub in the Samara region. Russia said its forces intercepted 109 of 133 incoming drones over Ukraine.

Discovered 2026-08-02T02:00:55.434690-07:00 | 2026-08-02T02:00:55.434690-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

The reported strikes span military, energy and logistics infrastructure, illustrating the breadth of Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against targets inside Russia.
Damage to a strategic bomber base, refinery and air-defense sites creates operational and resilience concerns across Russia’s military aviation, energy and infrastructure networks.
Russia reported intercepting 109 of 133 drones launched against Ukraine, while acknowledging impacts at 19 locations—evidence of the continuing scale of overnight unmanned attacks.

Reported By

AeroTime nationalsecurityjournal.org aviationnews.eu Kyiv Independent