Ufa Burns Again as Ukraine’s “Long-Range Sanctions” Reach 1,300 Km Into Russia

Ukrainian long-range strikes have reached deep into Russia again, hitting an oil refinery in Ufa for the second time and a strategic defense industry facility in the Penza region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on July 1.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s “sanctions” response to Moscow’s refusal to end its war had again reached one of Russia’s major industrial targets.

“For the second time, our sanctions in response to Russia’s prolongation of the war have reached the oil refinery in Ufa, one of Russia’s largest producers of lubricants. The distance is more than 1,300 kilometers from the frontline,” Zelenskyy said.

The Ufa refinery complex is one of Russia’s major oil-processing hubs and plays an important role in the country’s fuel and lubricants sector.

Zelenskyy also said Ukrainian weapons struck a strategic facility tied to Russia’s missile production chain in the Penza region.

“Also in the Penza region, our weapons reached a strategic facility of Russia’s military-industrial complex involved in developing and manufacturing components for missile weaponry that the occupiers use to strike our cities and communities. The distance to the target is about 600 kilometers from the frontline,” he said.

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine is implementing its long-range strike plan every day as a direct response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

“Every day, our plan for imposing Ukrainian long-range sanctions is being implemented. This is an entirely just response to everything Russia is doing against us. Peace is needed, and this is exactly what Russia’s leadership must realize. Russia must end its war. And Russia’s leadership has every opportunity to do so. I thank every Ukrainian warrior who ensures our long-range accuracy,” Zelenskyy said.

The latest attacks fit into Ukraine’s wider campaign against Russian logistics, command networks, UAV control infrastructure, and supply routes across occupied territories and inside Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially approved a 40-day strategic influence operation by the Security Service of Ukraine aimed at pressuring Russia to conclude the war.

Latest attacks confirmed by Zelenskyy included Ukrainian long-range operations that have again reached the Dubna Space Communications Centre in Russia’s Moscow region.

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