{"id":1400518,"date":"2026-07-03T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1400518"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:36:07","slug":"ukraine-s-unmanned-systems-forces-hit-172-russian-military-and-energy-targets-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-s-unmanned-systems-forces-hit-172-russian-military-and-energy-targets-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s Unmanned Systems Forces Hit 172 Russian Military and Energy Targets in June"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukraine&#8217;s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) increased the number of strikes against targets deep inside Russian territory by 1,150% since the beginning of 2026, the service said, releasing the results of its operations for June.<\/p>\n   <p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/usf_army\/2140\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/t.me\/usf_army\/2140\">USF<\/a>, operators carried out 2,359 Deep Strike missions at ranges of 500 to 2,000 kilometers, hitting 172 military-industrial and energy infrastructure facilities,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>The forces also conducted 3,406 Middle Strike missions at ranges of 150 to 300 kilometers, damaging or destroying 1,682 targets, and 2,747 Front Strike missions at ranges of 25 to 150 kilometers, hitting or destroying 1,265 targets.<\/p>\n   <p>The USF said its priority targets remain defense industry enterprises, fuel and energy infrastructure, logistics facilities, fuel and ammunition depots, military equipment, command posts, and Russian personnel. Occupied Crimea also remains a key focus of operations.<\/p>\n   <p>Among the facilities struck in June were the Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant; the Ilsky, Afipsky, Novokuibyshevsk, Moscow, Slavyansk, and Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refineries, with the latter targeted twice; the Surovikino, Petergofskaya, and Rossosh oil depots; the St. Petersburg and TES-Terminal-1 oil terminals; the Grushovaya oil transshipment complex and the Volodarskaya oil pumping station; the Port Kavkaz logistics hub; the Central Design Bureau of Apparatus Engineering; the Kaluga Aerated Concrete Plant; the Kronstadt naval base, a Russian Navy basing facility in Kronstadt, the Russian Navy&#8217;s 15th Arsenal, and the corvette Boykiy.<\/p>\n   <p>The USF also reported strikes on the Dubna, Skolkovo, and Medvezhyi Ozera satellite communications centers.<\/p>\n   <p>The figures cover operations conducted by the Unmanned Systems Forces in coordination with other branches of Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Forces throughout June.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/youtube-removes-around-600-videos-promoting-russian-drone-manufacturer-alabuga-sybiha\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/youtube-removes-around-600-videos-promoting-russian-drone-manufacturer-alabuga-sybiha\/\">YouTube Removes Around 600 Videos Promoting Russian Drone Manufacturer Alabuga \u2014 Sybiha<br><\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) increased the number of strikes against targets &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1400519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[76,78,72945],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1400518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-strikes-back"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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