The Frontline with Jerome Starkey
Oct 15, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
Ukraine has struck Russia multiple times in a shocking week of losses for Vladimir Putin. Ufa, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Kstovo, Volgograd, Belgorod and the occupied territories came under massive barrages…
On the 28th of June, just after our last update, the Slavyansk oil refinery, some 250 miles inside Russian territory, was hit in Krasnodar Krai.
A couple of days later, the 30th of June, the Ufa oil refinery, some 800 miles inside Russian-controlled territory, was hit.
And then just days after that, the Kustovo refinery, or rather, and this is gonna be a little bit hard to pronounce, the Lukoil Nizhnegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kustovo was hit.
On the 27th of June, the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd was hit, reportedly by a barrage of Flamingo missiles.
And whilst all of that was happening, reports of at least a dozen electricity substations hit in occupied Crimea.
We've had the, uh, weapons plants, two weapons plants, or plants that make parts for weapons hit, uh, a factory that makes part, parts for the energy infrastructure, and of course then the substations themselves in Crimea.
A road bridge was hit, and then later a rail bridge over the Tepla River in Luhansk, slightly further north.
On the 2nd of July, Ukrainian drones struck a warehouse believed to be storing Russian drones in Kamianka in occupied Zaporizhzhia province.
Ukrainian forces also released a battle damage assessment on July 1st, which referred to a strike that took place earlier.
Uh, that was against Russian space communications plant near Beloomut in Moscow Oblast.
Uh, that assessment suggesting that that space, space communications center suffered serious damage to antenna and indeed to the headquarters building.
There are, of course, still strikes and, uh, against the Russian military, sort of pure military targets on the front line.
The SBU, Ukraine's domestic intelligence service, has reportedly hit a number of aircraft in two separate strikes in occupied Crimea.
Uh, they initially said they'd hit two aircraft shelters and a fire had ignited in one of them, suggesting damage to a Sukhoi jet.
On the 28th of June, just after our last update, the Slavyansk oil refinery, some 250 miles inside Russian territory, was hit in Krasnodar Krai.
A couple of days later, the 30th of June, the Ufa oil refinery, some 800 miles inside Russian-controlled territory, was hit.
And then just days after that, the Kustovo refinery, or rather, and this is gonna be a little bit hard to pronounce, the Lukoil Nizhnegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kustovo was hit.
On the 27th of June, the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd was hit, reportedly by a barrage of Flamingo missiles.
And whilst all of that was happening, reports of at least a dozen electricity substations hit in occupied Crimea.
We've had the, uh, weapons plants, two weapons plants, or plants that make parts for weapons hit, uh, a factory that makes part, parts for the energy infrastructure, and of course then the substations themselves in Crimea.
A road bridge was hit, and then later a rail bridge over the Tepla River in Luhansk, slightly further north.
On the 2nd of July, Ukrainian drones struck a warehouse believed to be storing Russian drones in Kamianka in occupied Zaporizhzhia province.
Ukrainian forces also released a battle damage assessment on July 1st, which referred to a strike that took place earlier.
Uh, that was against Russian space communications plant near Beloomut in Moscow Oblast.
Uh, that assessment suggesting that that space, space communications center suffered serious damage to antenna and indeed to the headquarters building.
There are, of course, still strikes and, uh, against the Russian military, sort of pure military targets on the front line.
The SBU, Ukraine's domestic intelligence service, has reportedly hit a number of aircraft in two separate strikes in occupied Crimea.
Uh, they initially said they'd hit two aircraft shelters and a fire had ignited in one of them, suggesting damage to a Sukhoi jet.
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