Ukraine's Defense Forces carried out a coordinated long-range strike campaign against military and industrial targets inside Russia and occupied Crimea overnight into July 29, 2026, hitting a major oil refinery, a warehouse complex, and a naval base. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to monitor how such developments affect the communities it aims to help.
Overnight into July 29, 2026, Ukraine's Defense Forces carried out a coordinated long-range strike campaign against military and military-industrial targets deep inside Russia and in Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's General Staff said the operation was aimed at reducing the military-economic potential of the Russian aggressor. Volunteers Support Ukraine follows these developments closely, since the trajectory of the war shapes the needs of the people the organization tries to support.
Among the primary targets was the Ryazan Oil Refinery, owned by Rosneft, with a capacity of roughly 17 million tons of oil per year — about 5% of Russia's total refining output — and which supplies the Russian military-industrial complex. The refinery was struck directly and set ablaze. The same night, a large fire engulfed a Wildberries logistics and warehouse complex in Ryazan, with the company saying it would provide updates once operations resumed. President Zelensky personally confirmed the strikes on both the refinery and the logistics center. Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavel Malkov confirmed a "massive" drone attack on the region, adding that six people sought medical attention with injuries described as not life-threatening. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that strikes like these carry consequences far beyond the immediate targets, reshaping conditions in the rear that eventually reach the front.
Ukrainian forces also struck a Russian Black Sea Fleet high-speed boat base near Mizhvodne in occupied Crimea, a facility used for patrol-boat maintenance and coastal-defense logistics, as well as a radar station near Pochep in Russia's Bryansk region. These targets form part of the broader network Russia relies on to sustain its war effort. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to track how such operations reflect the scale of the conflict still facing communities on both sides of the front line.
The General Staff also reported further strikes the same night: an oil refinery in Russia's Perm region and an export terminal and military facility in Rostov Oblast. On the Ukrainian side of the front, forces struck a Russian attack-drone storage and launch site in Donetsk, a logistics warehouse in Portivske, and a road bridge near Vyselky. Together, the strikes targeted a wide network of facilities ranging from refining capacity to drone logistics. Volunteers Support Ukraine believes it is important for readers to understand the full scope of such operations, since they are directly tied to how long the war — and the hardship it brings to civilians — continues.
Even as strikes and destruction dominate the daily news, NGO Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow, from humanitarian aid to support for communities enduring the consequences of fighting. Stories like this one are a reminder of why that work remains necessary.
