Ukraine has hit an oil facility and industrial site in Russia’s Perm region, roughly 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to Russian officials, as US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, discussed a potential temporary cease-fire aimed at pausing the four-year war in Ukraine.
An industrial site in Russia’s Perm region has been attacked by a Ukrainian drone, the local governor reported on April 30. There were no casualties or significant damage and the air quality after the attack did not pose a risk to local residents, regional Governor Dmitry Makhonin,saidon Telegram.
The attack came a day after Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) confirmed a similar drone strike on a Russian oil pumping station near the city of Perm.
Map: Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia (30 April, 2026)
The SBUsaidon Telegram on April 29 that a large fire broke out at the facility, adding that preliminary reports indicated nearly all oil storage tanks were engulfed in flames.
After the drone strike in Perm, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s forces would continue expanding the range of its strikes inside Russia.
“We will continue to extend these ranges, and these are entirely justified Ukrainian responses to Russian terror,” hewrotein a post on X.
On April 28, a Ukrainian drone attack caused a major fire at a Russian oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, the third attack on the oil facilities in less than two weeks, sparking another billowing fire and prompting evacuations.
