Ukraine says it has carried out its deepest drone strike of the war, hitting gas-processing facilities in western Siberia after the aircraft reportedly flew nearly 2,000 miles to reach their targets.
Ukraine’s General Staff and Special Operations Forces reported the attacks on September 9, 2026. They identified the targets as the Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Treatment Plant and the Purovsky Gas Processing Plant in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets region.
Ukrainian defense manufacturer Fire Point said its FP-1 attack drones carried out the operation, covering more than 3,200 kilometers, or approximately 1,990 miles. The claimed flight distance has not been independently verified.
Russia acknowledges attack
Russian regional officials acknowledged a drone incident and a fire at an industrial facility in Novy Urengoy.
Yamalo-Nenets Governor Dmitry Artyukhov said air defenses had repelled the attack but falling debris started the fire. He reported no deaths or injuries.
Photographs and videos posted online showed flames and black smoke rising from the gas-processing plant on the city’s outskirts. The incident was the first known attack on a gas facility in the region.
Artem Zhoga, the Russian presidential envoy to the Urals Federal District, also acknowledged a fire at a fuel and energy facility and said personnel had been evacuated, according to media reports.
Extending Ukraine’s reach
The Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats assessed the operation as Ukraine’s deepest long-range drone strike of the war.
Their September 10 assessment placed the Novy Urengoy facility approximately 1,765 miles from Ukraine’s border and the Purovsky plant about 1,730 miles away. Those distances describe the targets’ locations relative to the border, rather than the longer flight distance claimed by Fire Point.
Founded in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Fire Point has grown from a Ukrainian defense startup into a manufacturer of long-range attack drones and missiles. Its products include the FP-1 drone used in the Siberian operation and the larger FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile. The company has also expanded into ballistic missile development.