# [WARNING] Zelensky Confirms Deep Strikes on Russian Refineries as Fuel Crisis Widens

*Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Detected**: 2026-06-25T10:31:14.955Z (3h ago)
**Tags**: Ukraine, Russia, Energy, Oil, Refineries, LongRangeStrikes
**Sources**: OSINT
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/11877.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Summary**: Ukraine claims overnight hits on a Krasnodar oil depot and two major Ufa refineries up to 1,500 km inside Russia, sharpening the war’s focus on Russian energy infrastructure. The strikes land as fuel shortages already grip most Russian regions, raising the risk of tighter domestic supply, export cuts, and fresh volatility in global oil and products markets.

## Detail

Ukraine has publicly confirmed a new wave of long‑range attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, striking targets far beyond the front line at a moment when Russia is already struggling to keep its fuel market supplied.

In remarks on 25 June around 10:00 UTC, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces hit the Poltavskaya oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region, about 300 km from the front, and that Ukraine’s SBU security service struck two refineries in Ufa — Bashneft‑Ufaneftekhim and Bashneft‑Novoyl — roughly 1,500 km from the front. Ukrainian General Staff channels and presidential statements are aligned on the Krasnodar depot strike; the Ufa refinery hits are attributed to SBU operations and are being treated as highly likely but still awaiting full independent imagery confirmation.

These operations come as Russian media report fuel shortages and sales restrictions across 78 of Russia’s regions, with only five regions so far unaffected. Authorities have imposed formal limits on fuel sales in at least 29 regions and retail gasoline prices are climbing. Against this backdrop, every additional disruption to refining or storage capacity has outsized leverage on both Russian domestic supply and Moscow’s ability to sustain exports.

For Russian motorists, agriculture, and logistics operators, this combination of infrastructure strikes and pre‑existing shortages translates into longer queues, rising pump prices, and growing uncertainty over harvest‑season diesel availability. For front‑line Russian units, any prolonged pressure on refined product output and distribution raises the risk of tighter allocations for fuel‑hungry operations, especially in mechanized formations and aviation.

Militarily, the confirmed ranges — 300 km and 1,500 km from the front — underscore Ukraine’s maturing long‑range strike and drone campaign against the Russian rear. Hitting Ufa, a core refining hub in the Volga‑Ural region, suggests Kyiv is willing to reach into Russia’s interior energy network, not just near‑front depots and Black Sea assets. This increases the cost of the war for Moscow, forces Russia to divert air defenses and repair capacity deeper inside its territory, and could complicate Russia’s ability to smooth regional imbalances in fuel supply.

On markets, the immediate physical disruption remains hard to quantify without confirmed damage assessments or outage durations, but the direction of risk is clear. Russian refined product exports — especially diesel and naphtha — carry new operational and political risk. Traders will begin to price higher probabilities of intermittent Russian export cuts or logistical bottlenecks if refinery outages stack on top of a nationwide domestic shortage. That supports a firmer tone for crude and, more acutely, refined products and crack spreads, particularly in Europe and the Mediterranean, while improving margins for non‑Russian refiners. Risk premia on Russian energy‑linked assets and debt are likely to widen.

Over the next 24–48 hours, key watchpoints include: (1) satellite and local reporting confirming the scale of damage and any fire or shutdown at Poltavskaya and the two Ufa refineries; (2) Russian government announcements on fuel export restrictions, emergency stock releases, or price controls; (3) any retaliatory Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy or port infrastructure that could further choke Ukraine’s export earnings; and (4) initial reactions in oil futures, product spreads, and Russian domestic fuel prices as traders and policymakers reassess the resilience of Russia’s refining system under sustained attack.

**MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT:**
Upside risk for global oil and refined products: further pressure on Russian fuel supply and export reliability, potential tightening in diesel/gasoline markets, and higher war‑risk premiums for Russian energy assets; supportive for crude, products, tanker rates, and European refining margins.