Ukrainian drones strike export terminal, oil infrastructure in latest deep strike attack on Russia
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An export terminal on the Black Sea in Russia's Rostov Oblast was struck by Ukrainian drones as part of the latest mass attack on targets deep inside Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 27.
Two people were killed in the attack on the port facility in Rostov-on-Don, and a further five injured, Rostov Oblast Governor Yury Slyusar reported the following morning.
Another attack was reported on the nearby city of Taganrog, just east of the Ukrainian border.
The attack also included strikes on oil facilities in Russia's Udmurtia Republic and Yaroslavl Oblast, both northeast of Moscow and over 1,300 kilometers from Ukrainian territory.
Photos and videos from the attacks first emerged on the Telegram channel Exilenova+, which regularly collects videos filmed inside Russia showing the aftermath of Ukrainian strikes.
According to the channel, an oil reserve facility outside the city of Sarapul in Udmurtia, home to large oil reservoirs, was targeted.
Later, regional Governor Oleksandr Brechalov confirmed the attack, calling it the "largest mass attack" on the region in recent times.
"Thanks to our soldiers of the Defense Forces of Ukraine for their accurate work there, which until recently was the deep Russian rear," Zelensky said.
"With our retaliations, we are returning the war to Russia, so that in the end a decent peace has a chance."
Ukraine's General Staff later confirmed the strike on the export terminal in Rostov.
Meanwhile, the Unmanned Systems Forces reported striking 18 electric substations in the occupied territories of Ukraine, with 14 of them in Crimea alone.
According to Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, 154 such targets have been struck in Crimea over July, part of a larger effort to make Russia's hold on the peninsula untenable.
Throughout 2026, Ukrainian forces have scaled up so-called "deep strike" attacks with drones and missiles into Russian territory, targeting military facilities, oil and gas infrastructure, and other dual-use enterprises.
