Russian forces carried out a combined strike against targets in Ukraine, with a fuel station in the city of Malin, Zhitomir Region, among the sites hit.
Analysts noted the depth of the strike. The station is located about 200 kilometers from the Russian border and more than 600 kilometers from the front line in Donbass.
Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian underground, suggested that the facility may have been struck by a Geran-2 or Geran-4 drone. He said Malin lies well beyond the southern and frontline areas and forms part of Ukraine’s western logistics network.
According to Lebedev, fuel stations in such areas may support the movement of small groups, military vehicles, pickup trucks, mobile crews and communications vehicles. They can also be used to deliver components and move cargo along forest routes and secondary roads that do not appear to be obvious military supply lines.
He argued that the strike in the deep rear may indicate that Russian attacks are expanding toward western and northwestern Ukraine. The list of targets, he said, now includes not only fuel depots, ports and major transport hubs, but also smaller facilities that may be involved in moving military cargo.
Lebedev added that the attack in Malin was not an isolated case. Several other fuel stations were reportedly struck in border regions. One station on the Kharkov-Izyum highway burned down after being hit by a Geran drone.