Ukraine's Foreign Minister Says Strike on Russian Rear Targets No Longer Requires Approval from Other Countries
According to UNN, Ukraine’s state news agency, on July 7, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Serhiy Sybiha stated that Ukraine no longer needs permission to conduct long-range strikes against military targets inside Russia.
He emphasized that Ukraine will continue carrying out asymmetric operations using domestically produced weapons. Sybiha stressed: “This is the right of self-defense guaranteed under Article 51 of the UN Charter.”
The head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs added, “The era of global disarmament has ended—especially regarding conventional weapons.”
The NATO Summit is currently taking place in Ankara, Turkey. Sybiha made these remarks during an off-site event titled “Role Reversal: Ukraine as Europe’s Security Guarantor—Reassessing Dependency Relationships,” co-organized by the Munich Security Conference and the SETA Foundation.
In parallel, Sybiha also expressed hope for further strengthening high-level bilateral communication with China and revealed that he had received an official invitation to visit China.
Previously, Ukraine required explicit authorization from Western partners before launching attacks using Western-supplied weapon systems against deep-targets inside Russia. However, Ukraine is now increasingly relying on domestically developed drones to strike deep into Russian territory.
On July 6, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, flying approximately 2,500 kilometers in a straight line—a new record for the farthest strike distance. The attack hit the facility and subsequently triggered a fire.
Denis Shchitlerman, Chief Designer at Fire Point, said the operation targeting the Omsk refinery utilized the latest upgraded version of Ukraine’s long-range drone, the FP-1. This refinery thus became the farthest target within Russia’s interior struck by a Ukrainian drone to date.
Iryna Terekh, CEO of Fire Point, described the strike on the Omsk refinery as historically significant.
She noted that, as of that day, the Omsk refinery had remained one of only two among Russia’s top ten oil refineries never damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks; the other undamaged facility is located in Irkutsk Oblast.
The Omsk Refinery is Russia’s largest refining enterprise, with an annual crude oil processing capacity exceeding 21 million tons, specializing in producing a wide range of fuels, lubricants, and petrochemical products.
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