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Ukraine struck an oil facility in Russia’s Yaroslavl region and the Azot chemical plant in the Tula region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, describing the sites as important to Moscow’s fuel reserves and explosives production.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy said the attacks were part of Ukraine’s long-range campaign against Russian military and industrial infrastructure.
He said Ukrainian forces also targeted Russian military logistics sites in occupied Ukrainian territory.
“Ukraine is carrying out its plan of long-range sanctions against Russia and the assigned tasks regarding mid-range strikes in response to Russia’s refusal to end this war,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian authorities confirmed that industrial facilities in both regions had been affected by Ukrainian drone attacks.
Yaroslavl regional Governor Mikhail Evraev said industrial fuel storage facilities were struck during what he described as a massive Ukrainian drone attack.
Evraev said traffic toward Moscow had been halted following the attack.
Emergency crews were working to extinguish a fire at the site, he added in a post on the Russian social media platform Max.
Zelenskyy described the Yaroslavl facility as important to Russia’s fuel reserves.
He did not provide further details about the extent of the damage.
Zelenskyy also said Ukraine also hit the Azot chemical plant in Russia’s Tula region.
He described the plant as critical to Russia’s explosives production capabilities.
Tula Governor Dmitry Milyaev said debris from intercepted Ukrainian drones fell on the grounds of an industrial facility in Novomoskovsk while Russian forces were responding to the attack.
“Emergency services have been organized to respond, and the nature of the damage is being determined,” Milyaev said on Telegram.
He did not identify the industrial site in his statement.
Zelenskyy said air traffic restrictions were imposed at six Russian airports following the attacks.
He also said air raid warnings had been issued in 28 Russian regions since Saturday evening.
The Ukrainian president said the strikes were a response to Moscow’s continued military campaign and refusal to end the war.
Kyiv had offered Russia “every possible format for negotiations,” he said, but Moscow had responded with “continued aggression and attempts to expand it.”
“It stands to reason that the war is coming back to where it came from,” Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy separately accused Russia of launching 1,920 attack drones, 1,790 guided aerial bombs and 17 missiles of different types against Ukraine over the past week.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure have intensified in recent months.
In early June, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had struck 15 Russian oil refineries between January and May.
He also claimed that nearly 40% of Russia’s primary oil-refining capacity was offline as of May.
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