Ukraine Just Penetrated Russia's Gas Capital

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Become a Member Today and Unlock EXCLUSIVE Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfak8fBm_Lhy4eX9UKxEpA/join  Ukraine has shattered deep-strike records with a 2,800-kilometer drone attack on the Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Processing Plant in Siberia. Targeting the heart of Russia’s primary natural gas basin—which generates 80% of national extraction—the strike demonstrates the expanding range of Fire Point's FP-1 UAV platform. Discover how Kyiv’s long-range campaign is expanding from crude oil refineries to Arctic gas hubs, threatening the critical financial engine powering the Kremlin's war effort.  ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Ukraine Sets World Record with 2,800km Strike on Novy Urengoy Gas Plant 01:30 - Evolution of Drone Strike Range: From Omsk to Siberia 03:30 - Footage Confirms Gas Plant Fire as Russia Claims "Falling Debris" 06:57 - Targeting the Heart of Russia's Gas Industry and War Budget 09:01 - Threat to Yamal LNG and Zelenskyy's 10,000km Drone Plan 10:58 - Fire Point FP-1 Drone Upgrades and Potential Sabotage Proxies 13:39 - Pressure on the EU to Sanction Arctic LNG and Arc7 Tankers 15:07 - Undermining Kremlin Propaganda in Russia's Far East 15:52 - Shift to Gas Infrastructure in Ukraine's Economic Attrition Strategy  Support us directly as we bring you independent, up-to-date reporting on military news and global conflicts by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMilitaryShow/join  #militarystrategy #militarydevelopments #militaryanalysis #themilitaryshow  SOURCES: https://pastebin.com/rg8jDnkZ

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00:01It was meant to be safe.

00:02Even as Ukraine developed drones that could fly deeper into Russia than ever thought possible,

00:07this one target was meant to be so far out of reach that Ukraine could never hit it.

00:12But once again, everything Russia thought it knew has been turned on its head,

00:17and a key gas plant is on fire because of it.

00:21This wasn't any old strike by Ukraine.

00:23It was a world record breaker for a drone attack.

00:27An epic near 3,000km strike that has made history and proven once and for all

00:34that there is nowhere safe in Russia anymore.

00:37On September 9th, news broke that Ukraine had carried out the single deepest strike

00:41into Russian territory since Putin launched his brutal invasion four and a half years ago.

00:47Ukraine's drones travelled a staggering 2,800km beyond the country's border

00:52to reach the city of Novyurungoy, which is home to one of Russia's most important gas plants

00:58that account for 80% of the country's total gas extraction.

01:02Ukraine is proud of this one, and it should be.

01:04In the wake of the strike, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

01:07took to Telegram to explain what it had just pulled off.

01:11On September 9th, 2026, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine

01:14hit the Novyurungoy gas condensate processing plant in Novyurungoy,

01:19Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation, the General Staff declared.

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01:35All records have been shattered.

01:37What we are seeing here is the incremental increase in the strike range of Ukraine's best drones.

01:42It's not so long ago that Ukraine set its previous record, which at the time was remarkable in its own

01:47right.

01:48That record came as the result of a strike against an oil refinery in Omsk, which is in Siberia.

01:53That attack saw Ukraine's drones travel just shy of 2,500 kilometers from the border on July 6th,

02:00meaning 300 kilometers of range has been added to Ukraine's strike potential in the last two months.

02:06There may be a lot more coming too, but we'll be getting to that.

02:09Before we do, here's what we know about the strike so far.

02:12The city of Novyurungoy is in Siberia, like the Omsk refinery that was subject to Ukraine's previous record-breaking strike,

02:19which shows us that Ukraine has developed its drones to the point where Russia's Far East is now a legitimate

02:24target.

02:24As we mentioned, the Yamalo-Nenets region, where the strike took place, is considered Russia's unofficial gas capital,

02:31due to its role in Russian gas production.

02:34And the specific facility Ukraine hit was a condensate treatment plant that has an annual capacity of around 19.5

02:41million tons of raw materials.

02:42This was no small target.

02:44Ukraine didn't fire a little test shot before it started attacking plants that could do some serious damage to Russia.

02:50With this strike, Ukraine went for Russia's gas jugular and hit its mark.

02:54Ukraine's general staff explains a little more, noting that the plant is key in the production of several gas and

02:59oil-based products,

03:01many of which either directly meet the needs of Russia's armed forces or are sold by Russia to generate money

03:06needed to fund the war.

03:08It produces stabilized gas condensate, petroleum fractions, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products, the Ukrainian military pointed out.

03:15Its products are used, among other purposes, to meet the needs of the Russian armed forces, the general staff declared.

03:20But beyond that, Ukraine isn't saying much more.

03:23It's busy assessing the true scale of the damage done before it reveals just how effective this new breed of

03:29long-range drone was.

03:30However, footage has already started emerging that offers hints about what Ukraine did.

03:34Some of the footage comes from the Excellenova Plus telegram channel, which has a long history of sharing videos shot

03:41from the ground in the aftermath of Ukraine's strikes.

03:44In a September 9th telegram post, the channel shared two videos, both showing a fire shooting up into the air.

03:50It seems that gas has been ignited and it's burning constantly, though it's difficult to tell much more from the

03:56videos.

03:57Even if Ukraine has triggered just this fire and caused no other damage, an important message has been sent.

04:03A facility that was meant to be well out of Ukraine's range has officially become a target.

04:07Russia isn't trying to hide it either.

04:10In what may be the most telling sign of Ukraine's success, regional authorities are already reporting on the damage.

04:15And some are trying to twist what happened to paint Ukraine as a terrorist nation that is attacking poor little

04:20Russia for no reason.

04:22Yamalo Nenet's Autonomous Okru governor, Dmitry Artiukov, took to telegram following Ukraine's strike, stating,

04:29Today, a drone attack on one of the industrial facilities in Novyurungoy was repelled.

04:34As a result of the fall of UAV debris, a fire broke out.

04:37Emergency services specialists are working at the scene.

04:40The most important thing, there are no dead or injured.

04:43The size and nature of the damage are established.

04:45There it is, the old drone debris excuse.

04:47Even when yet another of its facilities are on fire, Russia still tries to act as though it has a

04:53perfect air defense record against Ukraine's drones

04:56and that any damage done is caused by debris that just so happens to strike exactly what Ukraine wanted to

05:01hit.

05:02We think it might be about time for Russia to reposition its air defenses, given how often this happens.

05:07Artem Zoga, who is the presidential envoy of the Russian Federation to the Ural Federal District, also confirmed the strike

05:13on telegram,

05:14trotted out the drone debris excuse and added a little extra wrinkle to the Russian response.

05:19The criminal Kyiv regime has, for the first time, attacked the Arctic region of the Ural Federal District.

05:25As a result of debris from a drone falling on the territory, a fire broke out at a fuel and

05:29energy complex facility in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Zoga declared.

05:34Criminal Kyiv regime.

05:35That's the narrative that Russia is spinning as Ukraine's long-range strikes become more frequent and damaging.

05:41The hypocrisy is on show for all to see.

05:43Russia has spent over four and a half years attacking Ukrainian energy facilities and killing civilians.

05:49As of July 31, 16,874 Ukrainians have died and another 51,273 have been injured as a result of

05:59Russian strikes, per the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

06:03And now we have Russian authority figures trying to claim that Kyiv is a criminal regime that is attacking Russia's

06:10civilian infrastructure,

06:11even though it was Russia that set the stage for this sort of thing in the first place,

06:15and that the gas plant Ukraine hit is clearly part of the massive Russian war machine.

06:19It's a blatant bending of the truth to serve Russia's narrative needs.

06:23So, a pretty standard response from Russia now we think about it.

06:26Don't underestimate the importance of this strike.

06:29While the new distance record is massive and rightfully grabs all of the headlines,

06:33there are a lot more reasons why Ukraine's latest attack matters.

06:37From the region Ukraine struck, to what it means for Russian gas,

06:40and right through to the weapon that Ukraine used, this is all bad news for Russia.

06:44But before we explain more, this is a reminder that you're watching the military show.

06:49We bring you the full picture, not just the headlines.

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06:59When we told you that Novy-Urungoy is the heartland of the Russian gas industry,

07:03we weren't overstating anything.

07:04The reason why this region is responsible for about 80% of Russia's total gas extraction

07:08is that it's home to one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas.

07:13According to the war zone, Novy-Urungoy was believed to have 26.5 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves as

07:19of 2020,

07:20which is enough gas to cover global demand for more than six full years.

07:24In other words, that's billions of dollars of gas sitting on Russian land,

07:28and the facility that Ukraine struck is responsible for processing that gas into products that can actually be used.

07:34For Russia, that makes Novy-Urungoy a cash cow, as well as a part of its military machine.

07:39Yes, some of what the facility Ukraine struck produces goes to the military,

07:43but a lot more is sold to keep the money rolling in.

07:46Russia's natural gas industry, though perhaps not quite the money spinner that its oil industry has proven to be,

07:51is still responsible for driving billions of dollars of revenue that is taxed by the Kremlin to fund Putin's war.

07:57According to Statista, Russia's gas industry had an export value of about $168 billion between February 24, 2022,

08:06and June 18, 2024, which works out to just a touch shy of $67 billion per year.

08:12The plant that Ukraine struck is part of a wider oil and gas industry that the Oxford Institute for Energy

08:17Studies says

08:18contributes between 30 and 50 percent of Russia's total federal budget every year,

08:24showcasing just how critical these types of fossil fuels, and the products made using them, are to the Russian war

08:29machine.

08:30The first half of 2026 saw Russia spend 44 percent of this budget on its military,

08:36amounting to about $125 billion per defense blog.

08:40If up to half of that money is coming from taxing oil and gas revenue,

08:44it suddenly becomes very obvious why claims of Ukraine having a criminal regime

08:48that is carrying out terrorist attacks with these kinds of strikes don't hold water.

08:53Russia needs the money it gets from oil and gas to fund its war.

08:56Ukraine is taking that money out of commission.

08:59There's an extra part of this story to consider before we move on.

09:03Hitting one of Russia's most important gas plants is already a big enough win for Ukraine.

09:07However, that plant also happens to be in relatively close proximity to another major Russian project

09:12that could soon be a target, the Yamal Liquified Natural Gas, or LNG, site.

09:17That's according to the Kyiv Independent, which points out the facility that Ukraine hit is about 600 kilometers away from

09:24the site,

09:24which is located on Russia's Arctic Yamal Peninsula.

09:28The project is massive.

09:29It accounts for about 60 percent of Yamal's total LNG exports,

09:33most of which flow into the European Union, highlighting a clear gap between the EU's sanctioning of Russia

09:39and its purchases of Russian products.

09:41Offshore Technology says that this single project has access to almost 1.25 trillion cubic meters of gas

09:48and 550 million barrels of gas condensate, and that Russia has invested an estimated 27 billion dollars

09:55in getting this project up and running.

09:57Now, we know what you may be thinking here.

09:59Ukraine just broke a world record with its latest strike.

10:02Surely it's too much to add an extra 600 kilometers for Ukraine to target the Yamal LNG site.

10:07Maybe it is right now, but that's the exact type of thinking that has led Russia to the point where

10:12these sorts of attacks are happening in the first place.

10:15Remember, it took just two months for Ukraine to tack on another 300 kilometers to its previous range record.

10:20What could be possible in another two months or six?

10:23We don't even really need to ask the question as Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

10:27has also told the world that 2027 is going to see Ukraine bring even more dangerous drones with longer ranges

10:33into the fold.

10:34Toward the end of July, Zelenskyy said,

10:37We have drones with a range of over 3,000 kilometers.

10:40This year, we will have 4,000 kilometers.

10:42Next year, from 5,000 to 10,000.

10:45The Yamal LNG site isn't safe.

10:48If anything, it may be the next major target for Ukraine,

10:51making the world record-breaking attack we just saw a warning shot for strikes deeper into the Russian Far East.

10:57Coming back to the strike itself, Ukraine must have had a special kind of weapon to pull this off,

11:02and it seems most likely that the weapon used came from the same company that provides the drones for so

11:06many of Ukraine's long-range attacks, Firepoint.

11:09The makers of the Flamingo claim they provided the drone for Ukraine's Novy-Urungoy strike.

11:14Specifically, the company claims it was the FP1 drone that did the damage.

11:19FP1 drones can cover 3,200 kilometers and set a new record for the range of destruction,

11:24Firepoint declared on Telegram, indicating that one of the company's premier long-range drones has undergone some upgrades since it

11:30was first unveiled in May 2025.

11:33Back then, the FP1 was reported to be capable of carrying a warhead weighing up to 120 kilograms, up to

11:39a distance of 1,600 kilometers.

11:42A lot has changed since.

11:43On its official website, Firepoint claims that the FP1 can now travel 2,600 kilometers carrying a 60-kilogram warhead.

11:51That suggests the warhead has been shrunk to give the drone more range.

11:55However, this stated range is still short of the distance the company's drone would have needed to travel to hit

12:00Novy-Urungoy.

12:01So what happened?

12:02It's possible that the FP1 has received another range upgrade, allowing it to reach even deeper into Russia.

12:07The Warzone points out that the Firepoint co-founder Denis Stielerman now claims that the FP1 can travel up to

12:143,200 kilometers,

12:16though that claim isn't reflected on the company's website.

12:19Perhaps we've just seen the first successful combat flight of an upgraded version of the FP1.

12:24Or perhaps not.

12:25The caveat to Firepoint's claim is that it's the only entity making them.

12:29Ukraine hasn't provided any official confirmation that the FP1 was used.

12:32And the only suggestion we have of that drone being capable of reaching so deep into Russia comes from the

12:37company's co-founder.

12:39But there's always a chance that he could be serving up some marketing speak.

12:42Still, we know the strike happened, and the FP1 seems the most likely weapon used.

12:47Another possibility, though less likely, is that Ukraine used a proxy somewhere inside Russia to launch the drone that hit

12:53Russia's gas plant.

12:54This isn't a new tactic for Ukraine.

12:56Operation Spiderweb, which was carried out in the summer of 2025, saw Ukraine sneak dozens of drones into Russia to

13:03carry out strikes on several airfields.

13:05And back in December, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported a successful sabotage attack against an Su-30 fighter jet

13:12that was completed by a representative of the resistance movement in Russia.

13:16It's not outside the realm of possibility that Ukraine is sending drones into Russia to these proxy groups, which are

13:22then carrying out attacks like the one at Novyurungoy on Ukraine's behalf.

13:26However, this seems the less likely option.

13:29Firepoint making a public statement is a good indicator that it was indeed an FP1 used to carry out this

13:34attack.

13:35Moving on from the weapons used, there's what all of this means for Russia, and even the EU, to consider.

13:40Remember that we mentioned the Yamal LNG project, and the fact that the EU is one of the main customers

13:46of that project.

13:47According to Alexander Kirk of the Urgewald Environmental and Human Rights Group, the EU should take Ukraine's latest attack as

13:54a wake-up call and start implementing more sanctions.

13:57The war has reached Russia's Arctic gas heartland, close to Yamal LNG, just days before this weekend's European Arctic summit.

14:05The EU needs to get a grip. It should use the upcoming 20-second sanctions package to sanction all 14

14:11ARC-7 tankers sustaining Yamal LNG and close the sanctions gap around the European maritime and maintenance services, keeping them

14:19operational.

14:20Kirk makes a good point. As long as this sanctions gap exists, Russia is earning billions of dollars from the

14:25EU when the EU is supposed to be actively punishing Russia for its actions in Ukraine.

14:30There's a suggestion here that the EU should start playing follow the leader with Ukraine, use Ukraine's strikes to determine

14:36what the country considers the most valuable Russian assets, and then follow these strikes with official sanctions to damage those

14:42assets.

14:43Whether the EU will actually do that is up for debate. Though the Union has promised to permanently stop Russian

14:49gas imports, it's a phased halt.

14:51LNG flows should be ended by December 31st, 2026, with pipeline gas to follow on September 30th, 2027.

14:59It's likely only after that second deadline that there will be any prospect of the EU sanctioning Russia's Yamal-based

15:04gas sites.

15:05Beyond that, Ukraine's latest strike is an indicator that its attack range has extended even deeper, putting even more parts

15:12of the Russian Far East and Siberia at risk.

15:14Nobody in those territories will want to hear that. Putin has been touring the Far East with the general message

15:20to the people that they need to stay calm, not worry about the damage being done by Ukraine's drones.

15:25It's hard for that message to get through when those drones are now reaching territory that nobody ever thought they

15:30would be able to reach.

15:31You can see what Ukraine did in Novy-Urungoy as a response to Putin's tour.

15:36Your leader is telling you that everything is fine. The fire at one of your country's most important gas processing

15:41facilities says otherwise.

15:43Don't listen to Putin. He's lying to you.

15:46Beyond that, we're watching Ukraine expand the scope of its campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, as well as extending the

15:52range of its drones.

15:53Oil refining has been Ukraine's main target for much of the year.

15:56The Kyiv Post reports that Ukraine knocked out 42.7% of Russian refining between August 2025 and July 26th,

16:05costing Russia an estimated $13.5 billion in industry losses.

16:10We're not saying that gas is a brand new target for Ukraine. It isn't.

16:13But what is new is Ukraine's ability to strike deep into Russia's gas heartland.

16:17That ability has just been demonstrated for the world to see, and that means Ukraine may be setting up for

16:23a new campaign, where it causes multi-billion losses in the Russian gas industry to complement those we're already seeing

16:29in Russian oil.

16:30Putin can't afford that. Literally.

16:32It's all part of an economic pressure campaign designed to force Putin to the negotiating table, while the Russian military

16:39is gradually weakened.

16:41Ukraine has pulled off another record-breaking strike, but we're willing to bet we'll be reporting more records broken sooner

16:47rather than later.

16:48Russia will also know that it's not just energy infrastructure that Ukraine is hitting with its faster, stronger and longer

16:55-ranged drones.

16:56Key military assets are also being destroyed, including aircraft that are part of Russia's strategic bomber fleet.

17:02That's what happened a little over a week before Ukraine carried out its record-breaking drone strike, and you can

17:08find out all of the details by watching our video.

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