{"id":16979,"date":"2026-04-25T09:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=16979"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:22:50","slug":"ukrayins-with-drones-atakuvaly-ural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/ukrayins-with-drones-atakuvaly-ural\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones attacked the Urals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian drones attacked the industrial centres of Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg. This is the first documented case of a strike at such a depth in the Russian Federation - more than 1,800 km from the front line.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukrainian UAVs hit the Urals<\/h2>\n<p>Russian sources reported explosions in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg. According to local administrations, air defence systems were operating and some drones were shot down.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time that Ukrainian drones have reached the industrial Urals, having travelled more than 1,800 km. There is no official comment from the Ukrainian side.<\/p>\n<h2>Reaction of Russian authorities<\/h2>\n<p>Local authorities in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg confirmed explosions and damage to infrastructure. Power outages were reported in some areas of the cities.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Telegram channels published videos from the scene, showing air defence systems and explosions. There was no information on casualties.<\/p>\n<h2>Attack distance and values<\/h2>\n<p>The distance from the front line to Chelyabinsk is over 1800 km, and to Yekaterinburg is about 1900 km. These are the most distant targets that Ukrainian drones have ever reached.<\/p>\n<p>Experts note that the attack demonstrates the growth of technical capabilities <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/ukrainian-drones-kill-more-than-russia-mobilises\/\">Ukrainian UAVs<\/a> and complicates logistics for Russian industry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u0427\u0454\u043b\u044f\u0431\u0456\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a \u0456 \u0404\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0433. \u0426\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u0434\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0438\u043f\u0430\u0434\u043e\u043a \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443 \u0433\u043b\u0438\u0431\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0443 \u0420\u0424 \u2014 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0434 1800 \u043a\u043c \u0432\u0456\u0434 \u043b\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u0444\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0443. \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0411\u041f\u041b\u0410 \u0432\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b \u0420\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0434\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0431\u0443\u0445\u0438 \u0443 \u0427\u0454\u043b\u044f\u0431\u0456\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0443 \u0442\u0430 \u0404\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0437\u0456. \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0430\u0434\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439, \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u041f\u041f\u041e, \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u0437\u0431\u0438\u0442\u0430. \u0426\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0438\u043f\u0430\u0434\u043e\u043a, \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0456\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u044f\u0433\u043b\u0438 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":16978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805623],"class_list":{"0":"post-16979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805623"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16980,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979\/revisions\/16980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}