Ukraine War Latest: Ukraine Continues Strikes on Russia's Oil Industry as Moscow Races to Expand Missile Production
Ukrainian forces also hit a refinery in Tatarstan as Russia said it intercepted 456 drones overnight and denied any ceasefire freeze.
- On Aug. 10, Major General Vadym Skibitskyi of Ukraine's military intelligence revealed Russia's monthly missile production is exceeding targets, with 87 Kh-101 cruise missiles produced in July, reaching 140% of planned output.
- Moscow boosted ballistic missile production by implementing a "simplified system of technical controls" and suspending Kinzhal and Kh-32 production, redirecting resources to more effective missile models, Skibitskyi said.
- Russia is also accelerating deployment of its Rassvet satellite communications system, an analogue to Starlink, faster than planned, with plans to expand the constellation to 924 satellites by 2035, Skibitskyi reported.
- Ukrainian forces struck the Tobolskneftekhim petrochemical plant and a Tatarstan oil refinery on Aug. 10, causing fires, while Russia claimed its air defenses intercepted 456 drones across 16 regions.
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin ruled out "freezing" the war on Aug. 10, telling TASS that no peace is possible without addressing "root causes" and criticizing ongoing weapons deliveries from Washington.
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Ukraine launched three times more long-range strikes in July than in January, but according to the AP, no more than about nine percent of Ukrainian drones and missiles penetrate Russian air defenses. The impact of the strikes is thus limited. Nevertheless, the Ukrainians are achieving partial successes. If the strike on the Russian refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is confirmed, it will mean that Ukraine is capable of organizing an attack on a targ…
Russian Companies Boost Anti-Drone Spending as Ukrainian Strikes Expand
Russian companies increased spending on anti-drone defenses more than sixfold in the first half of 2026 as long-range Ukrainian strikes increasingly targeted the country’s industrial infrastructure, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday.
What really happens after Ukraine strikes a Russian oil refinery? Meduza analyzed unique satellite data to assess the damage.
Ukraine continues to attack Russian refineries. Sometimes drone strikes don’t have significant consequences; other times, production has to be halted for months. It’s hard to assess the campaign’s overall effectiveness: authorities don’t disclose information about the condition of refineries, and one can only rely on indirect data. The most important of these are exchange trading in petroleum products and reports from industry sources. But Meduza gained access to another analytical tool: high-resolution thermal satellite data collected by the company Constellr. Such images can potentially reveal, for any refinery, which equipment on the plant’s grounds is running and which has been shut down or taken offline for maintenance. We examined the situation at two plants for which we obtained images: the Moscow refinery in Kapotnya and the Nizhny Novgorod refinery in Kstovo. Here’s what that analysis showed.
"Fire at Oil Refinery in Far East 6,000km Away"... Attack on Ukraine Unconfirmed Correspondents Min Kyung-rak and Kim Dong-ho = Ukraine has launched attacks targeting Russia's energy supply chain by successively striking oil facilities in Russia's rear, located 1,000 to 2,000km from the border
Kiev is again attacking targets in the Russian hinterland. Refineries are again burning and a large logistics center.
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