Russian drone strikes have intensified in recent weeks, with an attack on a Moldovan border crossing at Starokozache resulting in two fatalities overnight into Tuesday.
The Russian military has deployed new jet-powered unmanned aircraft, which are significantly faster and more challenging to intercept.
According to analysis by BBC Verify, the capital city of Kyiv has experienced more air raid alerts than at any point since the 2022 invasion, averaging ten alerts per day.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has achieved notable success with its drone operations, recently announcing a “record hit” on Russian gas facilities.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones traveled over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) into Russia to strike a gas processing plant in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district of Northern Siberia.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces stated that this represents their deepest incursion into Russian territory since the onset of the conflict. Yamalo-Nenets is a critical hub for Russia’s oil and gas processing industry.
In separate overnight strikes, Russian forces targeted a petrol station in Kyiv, leaving four people seriously injured.
Bohdan Kukura, CEO of the oil company Ukrnafta, described the assault on social media as “terror and intimidation of the civilian population.”
In recent months, Russia has targeted hundreds of Ukrainian petrol stations in an apparent effort to disrupt the nation’s military logistics and operations.
The conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, continues to devastate the region.
Although peace talks mediated by U.S. figures Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are ongoing, they have yet to yield a resolution to end the hostilities.
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