# [7D] Ukraine Likely Expands Deep-Strike Campaign to Russian Energy-Adjacent Infrastructure

*Issued Monday, August 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Issued**: 2026-08-24T17:07:57.236Z (3h ago)
**Expires**: 2026-08-31T17:07:57.236Z (7d from now)
**Category**: MILITARY | **Confidence**: 60% | **Impact**: CRITICAL
**Risk Direction**: escalatory
**Affected Regions**: Southern Russia, Rostov Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea, Ukraine
**Affected Assets**: Russian refineries and fuel depots, Russian rail-linked power substations, Black Sea and Azov Sea shipping, European natural gas and oil supply risk premia
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**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/forecasts

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## Prediction

Within seven days, Ukraine is likely to extend its deep‑strike drone and missile campaign from logistics hubs to energy‑adjacent infrastructure inside Russia, such as storage depots, refinery units, or power substations tied to rail hubs. Kyiv’s new confidence after striking a solid rocket fuel plant and multiple airbases, combined with expected future domestic long‑range missile production, will incentivize testing Russian defensive redlines. This would heighten Moscow’s perception of existential economic vulnerability and could trigger retaliatory salvos on Ukrainian power and port infrastructure. Confirmation would be acknowledged or geolocated strikes on Russian energy facilities beyond border regions; denial would be Ukrainian restraint to only civilian logistics or military-only sites.

## Drivers

- Ukrainian strike on Kamensky solid rocket fuel plant in Rostov
- Ukrainian drone attacks on logistics hubs in Dagestan, Stavropol, Krasnodar
- Emerging trend of systemic targeting of Russian logistics and infrastructure
- UK Storm Shadow technology transfer signaling longer-term deep-strike capability