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Ukraine’s Deep Strikes on Orsk Refinery and Wildberries Hub Expose Russia’s Rear-Area Weakness

Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Russia’s Orsk oil refinery and a vast Wildberries logistics hub hundreds of kilometers from the front, igniting fires and disrupting fuel and e‑commerce flows. The attacks show Kyiv is turning Russia’s rear-area infrastructure into a battlefield, forcing the Kremlin to defend energy and supply nodes deep inside its own territory.

Ukraine’s latest wave of long-range drone attacks has pushed the war deep into Russia’s economic heartland, with strikes reported at the Orsk oil refinery in Orenburg Oblast and a major Wildberries logistics hub near Voronezh. The operations signal a deliberate effort by Kyiv to stretch Russia’s air defenses, hit revenue-generating energy sites and disrupt the consumer supply chains that help the Kremlin preserve a sense of normalcy at home. Overnight, Ukrainian drones struck the Orsk refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region, roughly 1,450 kilometers from the front line, sparking a fire at the facility. The plant processes about 6.6 million tonnes of crude oil annually and has been repeatedly targeted by…

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