{"id":2577,"date":"2026-04-30T19:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:51:06","slug":"ukraine-strikes-deep-inside-russia-amid-talks-of-temporary-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/ukraine-strikes-deep-inside-russia-amid-talks-of-temporary-cease-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia Amid Talks Of Temporary Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cis-europe-631.jpg\" alt=\"Map of European Portion of Commonwealth of Independent States\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" \/>[Copyright \u00a9 2026 RFE\/RL, Inc. Used with the permission of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty. All Rights Reserved. &#8211; April 30, 2026. Article text also appeared at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-strikes-russia-oil-cease-fire-talks\/33745974.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-strikes-russia-oil-cease-fire-talks\/33745974.html<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil facility some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, officials said, the latest in the series of long-range strikes targeting Russian energy facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The April 30 attack came hours after US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, spoke by phone to discuss a potential cease-fire aimed at pausing Russia&#8217;s 4-year-old, all-out war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels, citing local residents, <a class=\"wsw__a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svoboda.org\/a\/v-permi-novye-vzryvy-posle-ataki-bespilotnikov-na-nps-transnefti\/33745866.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> explosions overnight near an oil pipeline facility in Perm, with videos showing columns of flames and plumes of smoke billowing over the city.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ukrainian Drones Hit Industrial Site Deep Inside Russia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nme33mf4IM0\" width=\"315\" height=\"576\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>Regional Governor Dmitry Makhonin said no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s lead security agency, meanwhile, claimed responsibility, saying it had targeted a major oil refinery in the city, a day after a similar attack on another facility near Perm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The enemy must understand a simple fact: it no longer has a &#8216;safe rear&#8217;,&#8221; the Security Service of Ukraine said in its <a class=\"wsw__a\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/SBUkr\/17448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Distance no longer guarantees protection &#8212; every region where enterprises support the war against Ukraine is within reach,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent months, curtailing exports and hampering Moscow&#8217;s capacity to take advantage of a spike in global energy prices prompted by the Iran war and Tehran&#8217;s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/N4Y3o\/1\/\"><em>[map at https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/N4Y3o\/1\/]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv&#8217;s forces would continue expanding the range of its strikes inside Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to extend these ranges, and these are entirely justified Ukrainian responses to Russian terror,&#8221; he <a class=\"wsw__a\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2049404038731493613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>On April 28, a Ukrainian drone attack hit a Russian oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, the third attack on the facility in less than two weeks, sending acrid smoke wafting over the region.<\/p>\n<p>Leaking oil was seen washing up on the coastal beaches, as workers struggled to clean up shorelines.<\/p>\n<p><em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russia-oil-refinery-tuapse-drone-strike\/33744547.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIDEO: Russia&#8217;s Tuapse Oil Facility In Flames After Third Attack In Two Weeks<\/a>]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Russia, meanwhile, hit the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight, and Ukrainian officials reported that at least 20 people were injured, three of them critically condition.<\/p>\n<p>The attack caused widespread damage, including residential buildings, a kindergarten, a hotel, a shopping center, and infrastructure facilities, the regional governor said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to RFE\/RL in the aftermath of the attack, Odesa resident Olena said her apartment was completely destroyed in the attack. &#8220;It is very difficult\u2026. I don&#8217;t have anything else,&#8221; she said, standing in front of burnt walls.<\/p>\n\n<p>A separate Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed one person and injured 17 others. The strike destroyed a bus and two cars.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 206 drones overnight.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wsw__h2\">Trump, Putin Discuss Temporary Cease-Fire<\/h3>\n<p>Trump \u2060and Putin held a phone call in which the two discussed a possible temporary cease-fire to halt fighting in the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters at the White House on April 29 that during the 90-minute conversation with Putin, a cease-fire next month to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe was broached.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he suggested &#8220;a little bit&#8221; of a cease-fire &#8220;and I think he [Putin] might do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin&#8217;s foreign policy adviser, Yury Ushakov, told Russian media further details of the phone call, saying Putin said he was prepared to have a cease-fire through or around May 9, when Russia marks the defeat of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Ushakov noted that the phone call was initiated by the Russian side.<\/p>\n<p>The comments come after Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry said the annual Victory Day parade on Red Square &#8212; a Kremlin spectacle celebrating the Soviet role in World War II and Moscow&#8217;s military today &#8212; would be drastically scaled back this year, with no military vehicles or heavy weaponry on display for the first time in almost two decades.<\/p>\n<div data-owner-ct=\"Article\" data-inline=\"False\"><\/div>\n<p>Zelenskyy, in reaction to the Trump-Putin call, said that he had instructed his team to contact US administration to clarify Russia&#8217;s proposed temporary cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will clarify what exactly this is about &#8212; a few hours of security for a parade in Moscow, or something more,&#8221; Zelenskyy <a class=\"wsw__a\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2049755132779180427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p><em>With reporting by RFE\/RL&#8217;s Russian Service and RFE\/RL&#8217;s Ukrainian Service.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Copyright \u00a9 2026 RFE\/RL, Inc. 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