# [24H] Russia Increases Deep-Strike Attacks on Ukrainian Ports and Gas Facilities

*Issued Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Issued**: 2026-07-22T11:02:05.812Z (2h ago)
**Expires**: 2026-07-23T11:02:05.812Z (22h from now)
**Category**: MILITARY | **Confidence**: 70% | **Impact**: HIGH
**Risk Direction**: escalatory
**Affected Regions**: Southern Ukraine, Eastern Ukraine, Black Sea basin, EU border states
**Affected Assets**: Ukrainian grain export terminals, Oilseed and sunflower product facilities, Ukrainian gas processing and storage, Black Sea bulk shipping
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/forecasts/18109.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/forecasts

---

## Prediction

Over the next day, Russia is likely to follow its recent Odesa Port and Chervone gas plant strikes with additional long-range attacks on Ukrainian export and energy infrastructure in the Black Sea and eastern industrial belts. These will probably include cruise missiles and drones targeting grain terminals, fuel depots, and processing plants to degrade Ukraine’s war-sustaining economy and winter energy security. Further damage will hinder Black Sea grain and oilseed operations and stress the already fragile Ukrainian gas system, raising both front-line logistics challenges and European supply anxieties. Confirmation would be fresh reports of missile or drone strikes on major ports (Odesa, Pivdennyi, Mykolaiv) or energy facilities; restraint or a sudden focus solely on front-line targets would weaken this projection.

## Drivers

- Recent Russian Banderol jet-drone strike on Odesa Port infrastructure
- Russian strike on gas processing plant near Chervone in Kharkiv region
- Trend of Russia–Ukraine escalation in deep strikes on logistics and energy nodes
- Bloomberg assessment that Putin is hardening war aims and planning a protracted conflict