The strike on Omsk, about 1,700 miles away, is Ukraine's longest-range attack on Russia since the war began.

Ukraine struck Russia’s largest oil refinery, located in the city of Omsk, on Monday, marking what its forces say was its furthest-ever drone attack in the war.

The Omsk facility, which processes about 21 million tons of oil a year, is in Western Siberia and about 1,700 miles from Ukrainian territory — roughly the distance between Los Angeles and Houston.

  • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    From the article:

    Denys Shtilierman, the chief designer of Ukrainian munitions firm Fire Point, wrote on X on Monday that a new variant of his company’s FP-1 drone was involved in the strike.

    The FP-1 is one of Ukraine’s most prominent long-range one-way attack drones. The fixed-wing platform typically carries a payload of up to 60 kg, with an initial range of 1,000 miles, later extended to 1,600 miles.

    Shtilierman, however, said on Monday that the jet-launched drone’s latest version can fly 2,110 miles, easily eclipsing the distance between Ukraine and Omsk.

    The last paragraph was what I was getting at, given that the FP-1 range is just a tad short.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Ahh, that makes more sense. I figured they were using the fp-5 just for the range. Makes sense firing the fp-1 from the air would add a bit of range though, guess you wouldn’t have to fight to gain altitude.