Writing on X, Zelensky said Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady industrial complex in Volgograd, describing it as a key defense manufacturing facility that produces artillery systems, specialized military equipment and components for missile launch systems.

Ukraine’s General Staff said the facility manufactures self-propelled launchers and transport-loading vehicles for the Iskander-M missile system, which Kyiv says Russia has repeatedly used to attack Ukrainian cities.

Volgograd regional Governor Andrei Bocharov confirmed that an industrial site in the Krasnooktyabrsky district had been struck, saying 10 people were injured and production facilities sustained damage. He did not identify the affected enterprise.

Ukraine’s Security Service also said its forces carried out a second strike this month against an oil pumping facility in Russia’s Vladimir region that supplies fuel to Moscow, as Kyiv continues a campaign targeting Russia’s military-industrial and energy infrastructure.

Ukraine has expanded long-range aerial attacks in recent months, aiming to disrupt Russian fuel supplies, logistics and defense production. Ukrainian officials say the strategy is intended to weaken Moscow’s military capabilities and increase pressure for negotiations.

The latest strikes followed what appeared to be one of Ukraine’s largest drone offensives of the war. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday its air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones launched against a dozen Russian regions, Russian-controlled Crimea and surrounding waters.

Earlier this week, Zelensky said he had ordered a 40-day campaign to intensify pressure on Russia after diplomatic efforts led by the United States failed to produce a breakthrough toward ending the conflict.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone struck a private home in the Sumy region overnight, killing a 66-year-old man. Regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov said the attack caused the fatality as Russian drone operations continued along Ukraine’s northeastern border.

Authorities in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro said Russian forces launched missiles, drones and artillery strikes that killed two civilians and wounded six others.

Regional officials also reported additional casualties in the northeastern Sumy region and the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, where 13 more people, including three children, were injured.
Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of targeting civilian areas, allegations both sides deny.

At the same time, Ukrainian drone attacks struck several Russian regions overnight, targeting industrial zones and energy infrastructure that Kyiv views as critical to Moscow’s war financing capabilities.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense systems intercepted 273 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight, according to state news agency TASS.

In Russia’s southern Stavropol region, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said drones targeted industrial facilities near Nevinnomyssk, home to the large chemical producer Nevinnomyssky Azot, which has previously been attacked during the conflict.

Authorities in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region also reported drone activity near the city of Kstovo, where one of Lukoil’s major oil refineries is located.
Additional drone interceptions were reported over the Leningrad region, which hosts one of Russia’s largest oil export terminals and refinery complexes, as well as near Moscow and the Tula region south of the capital.

Regional officials in Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, said an ambulance driver was injured during attacks in the area.

Ukraine has intensified long-range drone operations against Russian oil infrastructure in recent months, seeking to disrupt fuel supplies and reduce energy export revenues that support Moscow’s military operations.

The latest strikes coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China, one of Russia’s largest energy customers and a key economic partner since Western sanctions intensified following the invasion of Ukraine.

The conflict has increasingly evolved into a war of attrition marked by missile barrages, drone warfare and attacks on strategic infrastructure far from the front lines.