# Ukraine and Russia trade strikes on refineries, bridges and power lines as infrastructure war deepens

*Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-11-15T12:07:29.343Z (47m ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 10/10
**Sources**: https://t.me/KurdishFrontNews/34043 | https://t.me/KurdishFrontNews/34042 | https://t.me/KurdishFrontNews/34041 | https://t.me/BossBotOfficial/21733 | https://t.me/BossBotOfficial/21732
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**Deck**: Ukraine reports hitting Russian petrochemical, oil and defense sites in Tatarstan, Bryansk, Astrakhan and Rostov regions, while Russian forces target bridges, refineries and substations across Ukraine, leaving tens of thousands without power.

Fuel plants, bridges and power substations came under fire on 15 November, as Ukraine and Russia launched long‑range attacks on each other’s infrastructure.

Ukraine’s military said it struck a petrochemical plant and an oil refinery in Russia’s Tatarstan region, along with a defense facility in Bryansk. The Ukrainian General Staff separately reported hits on the synthetic rubber producer Nizhnekamskneftekhim, where explosions and a fire were recorded. It described the plant as part of supply chains for Russia’s defense industry, including rocket fuel for Iskander missiles. Ukrainian forces also reported damaging a primary oil processing unit at another refinery and hitting a third Russian enterprise, with details still emerging.

Further south, Ukrainian drones attacked Akhtubinsk Airbase in Russia’s Astrakhan region, hitting an ammunition depot and triggering strong secondary detonations, according to battlefield reports. Another strike targeted a bridge and two electrical substations in Taganrog, in Russia’s Rostov region. Local accounts spoke of powerful nighttime blasts, while Russian regional officials reported “mass strikes” that killed one civilian, wounded four and cut power to a railway section between Taganrog and Mikhailovka after a traction substation was hit.

Russian forces continued their own campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. Ukrainian sources said Russia pounded Zaporizhzhia overnight with KAB glide bombs and at least one Tornado‑S multiple launch rocket system. The Vantovyi and Preobrazhensky bridges were reported as key targets in what was described as a sustained effort to disrupt Ukrainian logistics across the Dnieper. The Kremenchuk oil refinery was again set ablaze, and a railway warehouse in Zolochiv was reported destroyed.

Strikes on Ukraine’s grid had immediate effects. Authorities in Dnipropetrovsk region said parts of the Dnipro and Kamianske districts lost power after a Russian attack. Officials in Zaporizhzhia region reported that some residents were also without electricity. Energy company DTEK confirmed earlier Russian Defence Ministry claims that multiple Russian Geran‑2 drones hit an electrical substation in Chornomorsk, Odesa region, leaving about 41,000 homes without power.

In Kharkiv region, Ukrainian reports described the aftermath of two Geran‑2 drone strikes on an enterprise in Chuhuiv and noted persistent Russian reconnaissance drone activity over the city since the morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had used more than 2,300 attack drones, 1,590 aerial bombs and 15 missiles of various types against Ukraine in a single week. He linked many drone strikes on substations to what he described as restrictions on the operating speed of the Starshield satellite system along the front and in occupied areas, which he argued prevents Ukrainian air‑defense drones from intercepting Russian unmanned aircraft.

Civilians on both sides now live with infrastructure under regular attack. Ukrainians face recurring blackouts and disrupted bridges that slow food, fuel and medical supplies. Russian residents in range of Ukrainian drones and missiles see fuel facilities, rail lines and airbases tied to Moscow’s war effort come under fire.

Ukraine’s reported strikes in Tatarstan, Rostov and Astrakhan regions aim to stretch Russian air defenses, hit industrial nodes linked to arms production and complicate logistics to the front. Russia’s focus on Dnieper crossings, refineries and power nodes is designed to hinder Ukrainian troop movements and damage the energy system.

Signs to watch next include satellite and open‑source imagery showing the scale of damage at facilities in Tatarstan, Rostov and Astrakhan, statements from Ukraine’s energy sector on grid stability heading into winter, and visible Russian moves to reinforce air defenses around refineries, bridges and other infrastructure deep inside its territory.