Ukrainian forces carried out a series of long-range drone attacks on 9 August, striking multiple targets deep inside Russian territory, including facilities in the Republic of Tatarstan and the border region of Belgorod. The raids marked one of Kyiv’s deepest penetrations to date, with unmanned aircraft travelling more than 1,200 km from Ukrainian-held areas to reach the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk. Footage released by Ukrainian sources shows an An-196 drone diving into a logistics site in Nizhnekamsk that houses a workshop for assembling Russian unmanned aerial vehicles. A separate strike hit the nearby “Deng Xiaoping” container terminal, a hub for rail freight between Russia and China. There were no immediate reports of casualties at the Tatarstan locations, but the attacks disrupted operations at the facilities, according to local officials. Closer to the front line, Russian authorities said two civilians were killed and several others injured when drones struck multiple sites in the Belgorod region. The incidents came as Russian forces continued their own drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian cities, with local officials in Kherson and Dnipro reporting fatalities and injuries earlier in the day. The latest exchanges underscore a widening geographical scope in the 18-month-old conflict, as Ukraine adapts commercial aircraft and agricultural planes to serve as long-range strike and interceptor platforms. Moscow has not commented on potential retaliatory measures, while Kyiv maintains that targeting military and logistics infrastructure inside Russia is permissible under international law.