How Ukraine is taking the was 'deeper' into Russia

What the report says

BBC World News reports that Ukraine has stepped up strikes on targets deep inside Russia, including two oil refineries hit in recent weeks. The attacks are part of a broader effort to disrupt key economic and military supply chains beyond the front line, while increasing pressure on infrastructure that supports Russia’s war effort.

According to the BBC, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the aim is to reduce oil income that Moscow uses to help finance the invasion. The article says the strikes have come amid a period of intensifying attacks between the two countries, even as mediation efforts have not produced results.

The report places the developments in the context of a wider shift in the war, with Ukraine trying to affect everyday business activity inside Russia as well as military logistics. More generally, cross-border drone and missile strikes have become a recurring feature of the conflict, though the BBC’s item focuses specifically on recent attacks on oil refineries and their economic significance.

The latest strikes matter because Russia’s energy sector remains a major source of state revenue and a strategic target in the war. By reaching farther into Russian territory, Ukraine appears to be trying to widen the battlefield and raise the cost of continued fighting.