Ukraine's Drones Reach Ural Regions — First-Ever Strikes on Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk

Ukrainian drones struck the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions of Russia for the first time, reaching targets over 1,700 km from Ukrainian-controlled territory in an unprecedented long-range operation. In Sverdlovsk Oblast (home of Russia's industrial heartland including the Yekaterinburg metropolitan area), 6 people were injured. In Belgorod region, 1 woman was killed and 2 men wounded; in Kursk region, 1 additional person was wounded. The strikes represent the deepest penetration of Ukrainian drone attacks into Russian territory since the full-scale invasion began and signal a significant expansion of Ukraine's long-range campaign targeting Russia's industrial and military infrastructure far from the front.