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It’s the deepest Ukrainian drone strike of the war, so far

A month after Ukraine began bombarding targets inside Russia with explosives-laden sports planes modified for remote flight, one of the do-it-yourself drones has struck an oil refinery in the city of Salavat, more than 800 miles from the front line of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine.

It is, by far, Ukraine’s longest-range raid—and an escalation of Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign targeting Russian refineries, factories and strategic military sites.

And it’s at least the fourth attempted deep strike involving Ukraine’s sport-plane drones. Videos shot by people on the ground in Salavat clearly depict the wide straight wings, fixed wheels and propeller that are typical of an inexpensive sport plane, the kind a middle-class pilot can build at home from a kit costing as little as $90,000.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don’t you need a fairly hefty bomb to meaningfully damage a refinery?

Depends on where you drop it.

But otherwise, the headline is almost certainly overstated. It makes for some sexy war propaganda, though.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It does also show Russia that Ukraine is capable of bypassing their defenses and successfully attacking infrastructure (or military installations/encampments) several hundred kilometers inside Russia.

And doing it multiple times.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Ukraine is capable of bypassing their defenses

That's never been in doubt. It's been a war of attrition from day one.

The extended range in a gonzo mission is notable precisely because it's so desperate.