# [7D] Russia Expands Strikes on Ukrainian Energy Grid to Punish Deep-Strike Campaign

*Issued Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Issued**: 2026-07-25T15:06:54.902Z (3h ago)
**Expires**: 2026-08-01T15:06:54.902Z (7d from now)
**Category**: MILITARY | **Confidence**: 70% | **Impact**: CRITICAL
**Risk Direction**: escalatory
**Affected Regions**: Ukraine, Black Sea coast, Central Ukraine cities
**Affected Assets**: Ukrainian power grid, Fuel depots and refineries, Grain export terminals, Air defense missile inventories
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/forecasts/18485.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/forecasts

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## Prediction

In the coming seven days, Russia is likely to broaden missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian power plants, fuel depots, and port infrastructure as retaliation for Ukrainian hits on Antipinsky and other deep targets. Targeting patterns will emphasize Black Sea ports, inland fuel storage, and emergency services to degrade Ukraine’s capacity to sustain long-range operations. Ukraine will respond with more air defense allocations to key cities, potentially leaving some front-line sectors more exposed. Confirmation would be a noticeable uptick in large-scale power outages and fuel depot fires across multiple oblasts; denial would involve Russia limiting itself to tactical front-line strikes despite Ukrainian deep attacks. This economic targeting is part of Moscow’s attempt to undermine civil resilience ahead of winter and stress Western support commitments.

## Drivers

- Emerging trend of Russia accelerating economic targeting of Ukrainian infrastructure
- Recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea ports and related logistics
- Ukraine’s intensifying deep-strike campaign on Russian energy assets