Ukrainian Drones Strike Sevastopol Museum and Key Russian Oil Refineries

Ukraine launched a wave of long-range strikes deep inside Russia on Wednesday, targeting military industries, oil infrastructure and logistics assets as Kyiv sought to raise the cost of the war for the Kremlin. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo missiles struck the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary, more than 900 kilometres from the front line. The facility produces Kometa navigation systems and antennas used in Shahed drones, Kalibr cruise missiles, Iskander missiles and guided bombs, making it one of Russia's most important defence-industrial sites. Russian authorities confirmed the attack, while local reports indicated injuries and damage.

Ukraine also struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in the Samara region, where officials reported damage to industrial facilities and injuries. The Security Service of Ukraine said it hit two oil-pumping stations in the Vladimir region, while Ukraine's military claimed a strike on the West Horizon tanker in the Black Sea, which Kyiv describes as part of Russia's "shadow fleet" used to bypass Western sanctions.

In Russian-occupied Crimea, a drone attack damaged Sevastopol's Panorama Museum , which houses Franz Roubaud's celebrated painting depicting the 1854-55 defence of the city. Authorities altered train schedules after the strike. The attack came as Crimea grappled with fuel shortages and gasoline rationing linked to repeated Ukrainian attacks on supply routes.

Russia said it shot down 326 Ukrainian drones overnight. Meanwhile, Ukraine reported intercepting 181 of 207 Russian drones. Russian attacks injured civilians in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa, underscoring the growing role of long-range drone warfare as fighting along the front remains largely static and challenging Vladimir Putin's claims of battlefield momentum.