Ukraine launched a new nighttime operation using drones against strategic targets in Russia, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posting videos of the strikes and sending a new political message to the Kremlin.
According to the Ukrainian president’s announcement, Ukrainian forces struck an oil facility in the Yaroslavl region, as well as the Azot plant in the Tula region, which—as he noted—is critical to Russia’s production of explosives.
At the same time, attacks were also carried out on Russian military supply lines in occupied Ukrainian territories.
On the Russian side, the governor of Yaroslavl confirmed that a major attack by Ukrainian drones took place at a fuel storage facility.
Zelenskyy’s post
The President of Ukraine wrote in his post: “Our fighters have achieved good results in carrying out long-range strikes against key facilities on Russian territory and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
More than 700 kilometers from our state borders, in the Yaroslavl region of Russia, SSU fighters struck an oil facility that was critical to the aggressor state’s reserves.
Our military fighters reached their targets in the Tula region of Russia—specifically, the Azot plant, whose operation is critical to the production of explosives.
Air traffic restrictions have been imposed at six Russian airports, and as of last night, 28 regions of Russia have been on air raid alert.”
Zelenskyy: “The war is returning to where it began”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also launched a political attack against the Russian leadership, claiming that Moscow has rejected every attempt at negotiation.
“Ukraine is carrying out its plan for long-term sanctions against Russia and the tasks assigned to it regarding medium-range strikes in response to Russia’s refusalto end this war.
Our warriors have achieved good results in applying long-range sanctions against important facilities on the territory of Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
More than 700 kilometers from our state border, in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, SSU warriors… pic.twitter.com/GKhmUgXMof
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) June 14, 2026
We have offered the Russian leadership every possible form of negotiation — and the only response has been continued aggression and attempts to expand it.
It makes sense that the war is returning to where it came from. Ukraine needs peace. Glory to Ukraine!”
