Ukraine Hit Inside Russia 371 Times in 2025—Here Are the Main Targets

The summer of 2025 was difficult for Russia. During a season when farmers begin harvesting crops and people head on vacation, dozens of strikes hit Russia’s oil infrastructure. Targets included oil refineries, ports, and pumping stations—all parts of Russia’s war machine. As a result, fuel shortages emerged in several regions, primarily gasoline. For a period, the government even banned gasoline exports: only crude oil was sold abroad. Russia now faces direct consequences of its own decision to launch and continue a full-scale war—a war that has brought destruction not only to Ukraine, but now increasingly back to Russia itself.

Overall, Ukraine carried out 371 confirmed drone and missile strikes on Russian territory in 2025.

Russian military facilities

The primary targets were military facilities or sites within the military-industrial complex, such as factories that produce military equipment or components. In total, this includes:

• Military-industrial complex facilities—91 strikes

• Military facilities—25 strikes

• Airfields—16 strikes

Ukrainian forces from just one SBU unit destroyed military targets—Russian air defense—worth $4 billion. These were air defense systems located both in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and within Russia itself. The objective was to reduce Russia’s offensive potential.

Russian oil

Another set of attacks directed at Russia had a single ultimate goal: to deprive the Kremlin of funds for the war. It is no secret that around 40% of Russia’s budget comes from oil and gas revenues. Officially, Moscow spends up to $160 billion a year on the war. International sanctions are intended to deny Russia these funds. Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil and gas industry are another way to achieve this goal.

Russian oil refineries were among the priority targets of Ukrainian drones in 2025, accounting for nearly a hundred strikes. Ukraine also attacked the oil and gas infrastructure.

• Oil refineries—88 strikes

• Substations—30 strikes

• Oil storage facilities—28 strikes

• Logistics infrastructure—28 strikes

• Ports—15 strikes

• Gas infrastructure—6 strikes

The combined effect of sanctions and strikes on oil and gas infrastructure has produced results: exports have fallen sharply over the past four months, the Kremlin has failed to secure the desired revenues, and it will be forced to cover the budget deficit through means other than raw-material exports. In January 2026, oil and gas revenues dropped to their lowest level since 2020.

Ukrainian forces have also targeted railway infrastructure, as it is the main logistical element for transporting Russian troops and equipment to the front. In total, just under three dozen strikes were carried out.

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