Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukraine would continue to increase the range of its strikes on Russia, posting footage of what he called an attack on a target at a distance of more than 1,500 km.
Ukraine has stepped up its attacks inside Russia in recent weeks, aiming to destroy oil refineries, depots and ports and cripple Moscow's biggest source of funding for its war in Ukraine.
In a post on X, Zelensky said that Ukraine's security service had reported a successful strike deep inside Russia, calling it a new stage in the use of Ukrainian weapons to limit Russia's war potential.
The Ukrainian president posted a video of smoke rising into the sky, but did not identify the target that was hit.
"The distance in a straight line is over 1,500 kilometers. We will continue to expand these ranges," he declared.
Ukraine's Security Service, SBU, in a later post announced that its drones had struck a Russian oil pumping station near the city of Perm overnight, about 1,500 km from Ukraine.
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On Tuesday, a Ukrainian drone attack caused a massive fire at a Russian oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, the third attack on the refinery in less than two weeks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the attack as evidence of Ukraine's increasing attacks on civilian targets.
