# Ukraine’s Long-Range Drone Campaign Hits Deep Inside Russia and Raises New Homeland Security Fears

*Friday, August 7, 2026 at 6:09 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-08-07T06:09:06.259Z (2h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/articles/13404.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Deck**: Ukraine’s latest wave of long-range drones reached as far as Yekaterinburg, roughly 1,700 km from the border, setting a major Russian logistics warehouse ablaze even as Moscow claimed to intercept hundreds of UAVs. The strikes turn Russia’s interior into a more contested space and test both sides’ ability to adapt to a drone-centric war.

Russia is now fighting a drone war not just at its borders but deep within its own territory, as Ukrainian long-range unmanned systems probe hundreds of kilometers into the country and put critical civilian and logistics infrastructure at new risk. On 7 August, regional officials in Sverdlovsk Oblast reported that multiple drones had fallen on the roof of a large logistics center used by Russian online retailer Wildberries in Yekaterinburg, causing a fire but no reported injuries. Ukrainian-linked channels described the strike as a deliberate long-range drone attack on a key warehouse nearly 1,700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, underscoring Kyiv’s growing ability to reach targets in Russia’s industrial heartland.…

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