Published: · Region: Russia (Kirov, Tver, St. Petersburg, Crimea) · Category: Forecast

Ukraine Expands Deep-Strike Campaign Against Russian Fuel and Logistics Nodes

Theater: Russia (Kirov, Tver, St. Petersburg, Crimea)
Time horizon: 7d
Published: 2026-07-24
Moderate confidence (75%)
Risk direction: escalatory · Impact: HIGH

Executive summary

Within seven days, Ukraine is likely to launch further long-range drone and cruise missile strikes against Russian oil facilities, logistics hubs, and defense-industrial plants beyond 1,000 km from the frontline, building on the Kirovo-Chepetsk and St. Petersburg attacks. The goal will be to stretch Russian air defenses, disrupt fuel supplies to the front, and impose economic costs in Russia’s interior. Russia will respond with intensified missile salvos on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, including Odesa ports and potentially power assets. Confirmation would be additional verified strikes on Russian refineries or depots and Russian retaliatory barrages; a sudden severe shortage of Ukrainian long-range munitions or Western pressure to limit cross-border attacks could…

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