Ukraine continues to cripple Russia's energy sector by hitting numerous oil refineries, depots, chemical plants, and more with drones.
Ukraine launched waves of long-range strikes, including its ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles, at targets inside Russia.
Europe warns its airlines to stay away through next summer, as Ukraine turns skies of western Russia into a battlefield.
The fire at the oil depot in the Liskinsky district of Voronezh Oblast, Russia, which was attacked by drones earlier, was extinguished all night and as of the morning, the firefighting is ongoing, the governor of the oblast,
Kyiv targeted Russian factories developing weapons, an oil depot, a refinery and air defense systems, a Ukrainian official said.
While the ground war in eastern Ukraine has settled into a grinding war of attrition, where Russian forces sacrifice hundreds, sometimes thousands, of troops a day, for small, incremental advances, the air war has the two sides inflicting significant losses on each other's energy sector.
The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.
Located in Saratov Oblast, over 750 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, Engels airbase is home to Russian heavy bombers.
Ukrainian drone attacks are typically focused on the areas directly along the Ukraine-Russia border, with some targeting regions further into Russia. Saratov is located in southwestern Russia about 450 kilometers from Ukraine.
Ukraine struck Russian regions with a massive drone attack and with U.S.-made ATACMS missiles overnight, according to Russian Telegram channels and pro-Russian war bloggers.
Ukraine's latest aerial bombardment was spread across 12 Russian regions, with targets including an oil depot and an airfield in Engels.