Ukraine's overnight strike reached Russia's relocated Black Sea Fleet base while the reported target set stayed inside Kyiv's agreement with Washington to spare pipeline infrastructure and qualifying non-Russian tankers.
On NATO summit day, Ukraine flew drones 3,000 km to hit Russia's largest refinery and stopped none of 29 ballistic missiles over Kyiv. The split is the war's next phase.
Ukraine's indigenous subsonic cruise missile, developed for coastal defense but now a deep-strike land-attack weapon. It sank the Russian cruiser Moskva in 2022 and, in its Long Neptune form, claims a 1,000 km reach.
Syrskyi's new Rocket Forces and Artillery concept commits Ukraine to mass-producing its own missiles out to 2,000 km. The real target is dependence on weapons Kyiv cannot build, buy freely, or fire without permission.