The Daily BriefEvening Briefing · Sunday 28 June 2026 · 04:00 BST
Evening Briefing · Sunday 28 June 2026

Ukraine Deep-Strike Campaign Continues: Two Russian Oil Refineries Hit Overnight

Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries in the Krasnodar and Yaroslavl regions overnight Saturday-Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Ukrainian deep-strike campaign continues to compound through the Volgograd Titan-Barrikady defence-plant strike Friday and the 660-drone bombardment Thursday-Friday. The Russian fuel-crisis spread into Siberia continues to materially compress operational autonomy. The G7 communique long-range-capability commitment continues to ramp; Trump’s “Moscow deal could be next” pressure architecture builds.

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The Krasnodar and Yaroslavl oil-refinery strikes materially compound the structural Russian fuel-distribution stress that has spread into Siberia. The Ukrainian deep-strike campaign continues to target Russian military industries and energy facilities at scale. The Zelensky preemptive-strikes doctrine combined with the G7 long-range-capability commitment translates into operational Ukrainian targeting expansion.

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