Unease deepens in Russia as Ukraine steps up long-range strikes
Experts said Vladimir Putin was unlikely to change course despite worsening fuel shortages and a sharp decline in the stock market. June 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT Today at 5:00 a.m. EDT Russian servicemen patrol Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow on Friday. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images) By Catherine Belton and Natalia Abbakumova The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to an intensifying campaign of Ukrainian drone attacks reaching ever deeper into Russia, hitting key arms production facilities, destroying an ever-greater share of oil-refining capacity, and causing fuel shortages across the country. Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI. This week alone, swarms of Ukrainian drones hit oil facilities across Russia as well as the VZPP-S semiconductor devices plant, a major producer of components for Russian ballistic missiles in Voronezh, the Dubna Satellite Communications Center near Moscow, and a chemical plant that is key for producing Russ...