Ukraine Intensifies Deep Drone Strikes

Ukrainian forces carried out a drone strike on the Rosneft-operated oil terminal in the Black Sea port of Tuapse on the night of Nov. 1–2, hitting a tanker, sparking multiple fires and forcing crew evacuations. Reporting has since placed that attack within a broader, intensifying campaign of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia that local officials say have hit industrial, petrochemical and refinery sites in places including Sterlitamak, Nizhny Novgorod and Kstovo. Kyiv has also claimed a high-profile strike on the Syvash drilling platform off Crimea that it says destroyed an elite Russian special forces unit and reconnaissance equipment, a claim Moscow disputes. Ukraine is increasingly deploying domestically built long‑range kamikaze drones such as the Liutyi/196 and says these strikes are disrupting Russian fuel supplies, while Russia reports intercepting many Ukrainian UAVs and has launched large missile and drone raids on Ukraine in response. To blunt incoming attacks, Kyiv is rapidly scaling production of low‑cost interceptor quadcopters, and the situation remains fluid with many claims contested by both sides.