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Fire breaks out at Russian airbase in Borisoglebsk after drone attack
A fire broke out at the fuel storage area of Borisoglebsk military airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region overnight on July 8, following a drone attack that also struck other targets across the region and left residents reporting numerous explosions, according to video footage shared by the OSINT community Exilenova+. The footage appears to show flames []
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BRICS News
· Jul 4, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St.
JUST IN: Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal.@BRICSNews
Intel Slava
· Jun 23, 2026
[Video] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Apparently, Ukrainian drones struck what appears to be a Russian air defense [...]
— Apparently, Ukrainian drones struck what appears to be a Russian air defense system in Kirovske, Crimea, overnight.@IntelSlava
Kyiv Post
· Jul 4, 2026
Drone Strikes Target Energy Infrastructure in St. Petersburg, Belgorod, and Moscow
On Saturday, July 4, coordinated drone strikes targeted Russian energy and industrial facilities across several regions. In St. Petersburg, open-source analysts reported fires at a major oil terminal, while drone debris also fell near a Lukoil terminal in the port of Vysotsk. In Belgorod, strikes on thermal power plants caused significant electricity and water outages.
Ukrainska Pravda
· Jul 4, 2026
Russia attacks gas production facility in Poltava Oblast
Russian drones attacked one of the gas production assets belonging to the Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company, in Poltava Oblast on the morning of 4 July. A fire broke out at the site and the facility's operations have been suspended.
The Daily Beast
· Jul 10, 2026
Putin Faces Humiliating Dilemma as Domestic Crisis Rages
Anastasia Barashkova/Pool via ReutersVladimir Putin has been backed into an embarrassing corner as Ukrainian drones strike deeper and deeper inside Russia.For several weeks, Ukraine has been launching waves of drone attacks into Russia, targeting cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg and the country’s oil refineries, which are vital to funding the Kremlin’s invasion efforts.Until now, Ukraine’s drone strikes had been largely limited to targets within around 1,000 miles of Kyiv-controlled territory. However, on Monday, Ukraine was able to send drones to the Siberian city of Omsk, more than 2,000 miles from Kyiv, targeting Russia’s largest refinery and a crude distillation unit.Read more at The Daily Beast.
The Kyiv Independent
· Jul 3, 2026
Ukraine strikes Russia's Saky air base in occupied Crimea for second time in a week, SBU says
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said on July 3 it had struck two Russian military air bases in occupied Crimea overnight, damaging or destroying at least seven military aircraft in its second reported attack on the Saky air base within a week.According to the SBU, Ukrainian drones struck
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Related coverage for "Fire breaks out at Russian airbase in Borisoglebsk after drone attack": BRICS News — JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St.. Intel Slava — [Video] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Apparently, Ukrainian drones struck what appears to be a Russian air defense [...]. Kyiv Post — Drone Strikes Target Energy Infrastructure in St. Petersburg, Belgorod, and Moscow. Ukrainska Pravda — Russia attacks gas production facility in Poltava Oblast. The Daily Beast — Putin Faces Humiliating Dilemma as Domestic Crisis Rages. The Kyiv Independent — Ukraine strikes Russia's Saky air base in occupied Crimea for second time in a week, SBU says