# Ukraine says long‑range strikes hit Russian refineries and Novorossiysk naval base over 3,000 km away

*Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 6:15 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-09-15T06:15:11.771Z (2h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/articles/17874.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Deck**: Ukraine’s General Staff says its forces struck Russian refineries, petrochemical plants, drone sites, air defenses, and the Novorossiysk naval base between September 7 and 13, reaching targets more than 3,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border. The campaign aims to disrupt Russia’s energy sector, defense industry, and key ports deep in its rear areas.

Ukraine’s latest strike campaign is aimed at the backbone of Russia’s war effort, not the front line.

In a summary covering September 7–13, Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces hit a range of Russian military and industrial targets, including some more than 3,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border. According to that account, the list ran from refineries and petrochemical plants to drone launch infrastructure, air defenses and radar systems, defense industry facilities, and military logistics sites.

Ukraine also claims strikes on Novorossiysk naval base on the Black Sea and on the port of Makhachkala. Novorossiysk is a key Russian naval hub, while ports like Makhachkala and nearby industrial sites support transport and logistics. The reported attacks suggest Ukraine is trying to reach both maritime facilities and inland infrastructure with long‑range drones and missiles.

By naming refineries and petrochemical plants, Ukraine is signaling a focus on Russia’s fuel supply and related industry. Disruptions at such plants can affect local fuel production and complicate the movement of military equipment. Targeting drone launch infrastructure, air defense assets, and radar systems is meant to weaken Russia’s ability to conduct and protect its own strikes.

Ukraine presents this as a systematic effort to make Russia’s rear less secure, forcing it to spread out air defenses and protect sites far from the front. The strikes on Novorossiysk and Makhachkala in particular point to an attempt to raise the cost of Russia’s Black Sea and wider maritime operations, even if the full extent of damage at each location isn’t detailed in the available reporting.

What will show whether this becomes a sustained pattern are signs that Russia is reinforcing air defenses around industrial and port facilities, indications of repeated outages at refineries or logistics hubs, and continued Ukrainian claims of hits at comparable ranges in the weeks ahead.