Ukraine Selenskyj: Drone attacks cost Russia billions of euros
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian drone attacks have caused the Russian oil industry the equivalent of at least six billion euros in damage since the beginning of the year. "Through strikes, standstills and delays in deliveries," Selenskyj listed on Telegram. The attacks reached a new level in April, he wrote.
01.05.2026, 15:01
SDA
Not only were drones now flying further than ever before, but the intensity of the attacks was also at record levels. This in turn is leading to the sharpest decline in Russian profits from the oil industry since the start of the war, Selensky was convinced.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his war of aggression against Ukraine more than four years ago. The Russian military also relied on the systematic bombardment of Ukraine's hinterland with drones and missiles, which killed and injured civilians and damaged infrastructure.
Development of new drone technology
Kiev is now responding to this tactic with its own swarms of drones, which are penetrating deep into Russian territory and recently even attacked targets in the Ural Mountains 2,000 kilometers from the border. In addition to military targets, Ukraine prefers to attack oil industry facilities in order to make it more difficult for the Russian armed forces to obtain fuel and for the Kremlin to finance the war. A persistent series of attacks against the petroleum complex in the southern Russian port city of Tuapse is symptomatic of this. Kiev is using this tactic to force Moscow to end the war.
