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‘Long-range sanctions’: Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losses

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 828 words · By Audrey MacAlpine
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‘Long-range sanctions’: Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losses Al Jazeera is given rare access to one of Ukraine’s long-range drone units tasked with targeting Russia.

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‘Long-range sanctions’: Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losses Al Jazeera is given rare access to one of Ukraine’s long-range drone units tasked with targeting Russia.

Why it matters

Inside a secret launch site for Ukraine’s deep-strike drones Eastern Ukraine – In a farm field in eastern Ukraine, a choking engine interrupts the sound of crickets and nightingales.

Common ground

Then come indistinguishable shouts of male voices, followed by a crescendo – a loud sound like scissors tearing through wrapping paper.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Black-and-White Fallacy, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence
Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russia’s oil and gas industry remains a critical source of money for the state, accounting for roughly one-fifth of federal budget revenues.”
DISPUTED
Sources provide conflicting percentages for oil and gas revenue. One source states it typically accounts for 'around a third' (approx 33%), while another states that in 2024 it was 'approximately 30 percent'. The claim of 'one-fifth' (20%) is contradicted by these figures.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy. It spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in 1917. At its heigh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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Claim 2: “the drone will travel at about 160km/h (100mph)”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia entries about the Russo-Ukrainian war and Ukraine, but contains no specific data regarding the flight speed (160km/h) of Ukrainian long-range drones.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slova…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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Claim 3: “Ukraine’s long-range drones are striking targets sometimes more than 2,500km (1,553 miles) inside Russia, reaching cities like Moscow and St Petersburg, across the Ural Mountains and even into Siberia.”
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Multiple sources confirm strikes deep inside Russia. One source mentions strikes in the Ural Mountains more than 1,200 miles (approx 1,931km) from the border, and another mentions attacks reaching nearly 2,000km. A Wikipedia entry specifically notes strikes on Wildberries warehouses starting July 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (Петроград) and later Leningrad (Ленинград), is the second-largest city in Russia, after Moscow, the nation's capital. Situated on the Neva River at the h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 18 July 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has conducted waves of drone strikes into Russia targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a large online retailer in Russia which has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_strikes_on_Wildberri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл; Church Slavonic: Кѷріллъ; secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow
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Claim 4: “Colonel Ray, commander of the Kairos Battalion of the Magyars Birds Brigade”
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Two independent sources (The Guardian and a news report on oil refinery strikes) explicitly identify Colonel Ray as the commander of the Kairos Battalion of the Magyars Birds Brigade.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 414th Separate Brigade of Unmanned Strike Aviation Systems.the end of December 2025 the Unmanned Systems Forces reported that over the year the 1st Separate Center, "Kairos", and the "GRAF" group …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/414th_Unmanned_Strike_Aviation…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ray, the commander of Ukraine’s ninth ‘Kairos’ Battalion, an elite long-and-medium-range strike drone unit.Kairos is a part of “Magyar’s Birds”, a brigade named after the call sign of its founder, Rob…
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/02/…
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web search NEUTRAL — “Like an orchestra, every part has to work together in order for us to achieve effective strikes,” a man known as Colonel Ray, commander of the Kairos Battalion of the Magyars Birds Brigade, told the …
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/ukraine-just-struck-an-o…
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Claim 5: “Ukraine now produces its own one-way attack drones by the hundreds”
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The provided evidence mentions Russia mass-producing its own versions of Shahed drones and Ukraine developing analogs, but there is no specific corroboration for the claim that Ukraine is producing its own one-way attack drones 'by the hundreds'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The first public footage of the drone was released in December 2021.[5] Russia has made much use of the Shahed 136/Geran-2 in the Russo-Ukrainian war, especially in strikes against Ukrainian infrastru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136
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web search NEUTRAL — Flag Ukraine Russia’s use of long range drones, principally the Iranian Shahed type, against Ukraine is well documented. These are termed one-way attack drones (OWA-UAVs), or informally as ‘Kamikaze d…
https://www.hisutton.com/Ukraine-OWA-UAVs.html
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web search NEUTRAL — At BEDEX 2026 in Brussels, Ukrainian company SkyFall positioned its P1-SUN interceptor drone as a low cost response to Shahed-type one-ay attack drones, pitching it to European and NATO audiences look…
https://www.armyrecognition.com/archives/archives-defense-ex…
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Claim 6: “Among its targets is Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer.”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from The Hindu and a specific Wikipedia entry detailing Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2026 · One of our photojournalists, Nathan Yerges, captured these photos of Eastern York High School showing Thursday’s storm damage. The NWS is conducting a storm survey to determine if the d…
https://www.facebook.com/bluestars/posts/introducing-the-202…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2026 · 2026 Blue Stars Leadership Team Introducing the 2026 Blue Stars Member Leadership Team! We are thrilled to have this group of young adults sharing their talents and energy leading the 2…
https://bluestars.org/latest-news/2026-leadership
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web search NEUTRAL — Take some time to get to know the members of the 2026 Blue Stars! Learn with flashcards, games, and more — for free.
https://quizlet.com/1184619139/meet-the-2026-blue-stars-flas…
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Claim 7: ““Thirty percent of all dual-use or military goods are bought and sold by [Russia’s] Ministry of Defence through Wildberries marketplace,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s president, tells Al Jazeera.”
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The exact quote from Mykhailo Podolyak is found in the Al Jazeera report ('Long-range sanctions'), and the role of Wildberries in selling dual-use goods is further supported by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO", or Russian: спецопера́ция, romanized: spetsoperatsiya, Ukrainian: спецопера́ція) is the official term used by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 18 July 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has conducted waves of drone strikes into Russia targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a large online retailer in Russia which has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_strikes_on_Wildberri…
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Claim 8: “The drone, roughly the length of a compact SUV with a wingspan of nearly 6 metres (19.7 feet)”
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While evidence discusses long-range drones and Shahed analogs, none of the provided sources specify a wingspan of 'nearly 6 metres' or a length comparable to a 'compact SUV' for Ukraine's specific long-range drones.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wingspan.In response to the effectiveness of the drones, Ukraine developed its own Shahed-136 analogs in 2025 for long-range strikes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136
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web search NEUTRAL — Flag Ukraine Russia’s use of long range drones, principally the Iranian Shahed type, against Ukraine is well documented. These are termed one-way attack drones (OWA-UAVs), or informally as ‘Kamikaze d…
https://www.hisutton.com/Ukraine-OWA-UAVs.html
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web search NEUTRAL — It's no surprise that Ukraine is attempting to develop a similar long-range system.The UAV's length and wingspan do not exceed a few meters. According to data presented at the exhibition, the maximum …
https://en.topwar.ru/282654-sichen-ukrainskij-otvet-gerani.h…
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