Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine: which target is key?

The Russian military is launching a full-scale attack on gas storage facilities and power plants using long-range attack missiles and UAVs.

Ukraine's Deep State channel, which is affiliated with the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence of Ukraine (GRU), said that in the first half of November, the Russian Armed Forces (RFAF) carried out seven airstrikes, destroying 60% of Ukraine's gas infrastructure.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Krymenko reported that Russian intelligence has identified the location of Ukraine’s gas infrastructure because these systems were built during the Soviet era. Russian intelligence knows the location and status of all important nodes in Ukraine’s natural gas system.

In addition, Russian missile strikes began targeting Ukraine's underground gas storage system, as well as compressor pumps and pipeline systems that supply natural gas to the entire country.

The Military Review reported that throughout the morning, the RFAF continued to carry out coordinated attacks on Ukrainian territory. To be precise, the night attacks gradually shifted to the morning, with a significant increase in the number of missiles of all types used.

Launches of Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers, as well as Kinzhal hypersonic missiles from MiG-31 fighters, were reported. Strikes were also carried out with modernized Kalibr cruise missiles from warships in the Black Sea.

A major fire broke out as a result of a missile strike in Ternopil, according to preliminary information, a fuel and lubricant storage facility caught fire. Russian missiles also hit the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Kyiv Independent reported.

A series of missiles were recorded in Burshtyn, the Kyiv Post reports. The Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant is located there, along with all the infrastructure that connects the western Ukrainian grid with Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. And this is not the first time Russian missiles have hit Burshtyn.

Another series of attacks has targeted Lviv. Since last night, several fires have broken out in the city, along with secondary explosions at facilities hit by Russian UAVs and missiles. A significant number of attacks have occurred in the Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions.

According to the latest data, the Russian Armed Forces are focusing their attacks on Kiev's energy facilities and the entire fuel and energy sector. Currently, the entire territory of Ukraine remains on red alert for missiles.

Vadim Skibits, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service (GRU), said North Korea has been actively supplying artillery shells to Russia. However, recently, the number of North Korean artillery shells has decreased significantly, and North Korea's artillery ammunition stockpile is "depleted", the British news agency Reuters reported.

Between 2023 and 2024, North Korea supplied Russia with 6.5 million rifled artillery shells (122 mm, 152 mm), mortar shells (120 mm) and rocket artillery shells (122 mm). According to the GRU, no shipments were recorded in September, although some were tracked in October this year.

According to GRU, about half of the artillery shells that North Korea is supplying to Russia are in poor condition and must be sent to factories in Russia for repair before being sent to the battlefield. These are old batches of artillery shells, but also an opportunity for North Korea to replace new reserve batches of artillery shells.

However, Russia's production of FAB UMPK glide bombs has also begun to increase sharply. According to General Vadim Skibitsky, Russia has produced 120,000 FAB UMPK glide bombs and 500 Thunder-2 long-range glide bombs, with a range of up to 200 km by 2025 (this type of bomb is completely new).

Russia also plans to produce 70,000 Geranium long-range attack UAVs by 2025, including a direct-control version similar to the FPV UAV, which can attack mobile and fortified targets. With a warhead weighing up to hundreds of kilograms, the Geranium UAV effectively replaces expensive ground-attack missiles such as the Vikhr-1 or AS-13/18 Kingbolt.

Starting in October 2025, the Russian military also began using long-range LT-1 and LT-2 glide bombs with a range of 100-200 km to attack Ukrainian cities and targets deep behind the front lines. These bombs can effectively attack fortified Ukrainian targets.

Despite NATO's heavy investment in fighter jets, armored vehicles, artillery, and large warships, the Russia-Ukraine war has revealed a revolution on the battlefield that Western policymakers largely ignored and now must recalibrate. (photo source Military Review, Kyiv Post, Kyiv Independent).

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