Ukrainian drones flew almost 2,000 miles to hit fuel plants in the Russian Arctic

Fire Point said its FP-1 drones were used in one of the record-breaking strikes on Wednesday.

Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERS Ukraine used drones to strike Russian gas facilities some 2,000 miles away, a record for the war.

The Russian governor of the attacked region said a fire had been started at one of the plants.

Fire Point, a Ukrainian manufacturer, said its FP-1 fixed-wing drones were involved in one attack.

Ukraine's drones flew nearly 2,000 miles into northwestern Siberia to strike two Russian gas facilities, a record distance for the war, said Ukrainian special forces.

The strikes on Wednesday targeted a major plant in Novy Urengoy, a gas-producing city, and another facility about 60 miles south in the Purovsky district, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, or SSO, said in a statement.

Both are in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a region in the Russian Arctic zone.

"Until today, this was considered an absolutely safe rear for the aggressor," the SSO said, hailing the strikes as Kyiv's "deepest defeat" of Russia since the full-scale invasion in 2022.

Yamalo-Nenets' governor, Dmitry Artyukhov, said on Wednesday that a drone attack had caused a fire at an industrial facility.

"Most importantly, there are no fatalities or injuries.

The extent and nature of the damage are being determined," he said in a statement.

The SSO did not provide details on the extent of damage to the Russian plants, which process raw materials and gas condensate, nor did it say which drones were used.

Ukrainian drone manufacturer Fire Point, however, said in a separate statement on Wednesday that its FP-1 one-way drones were involved in the strike on Novy Urengoy.

"FP-1 drones covered more than 3,200 km and set a new record for the range of destruction," the firm said.