A major escalation is unfolding inside Russia after Ukraine launched a high-precision strike deep into the country’s energy backbone. British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles tore into the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, a facility directly tied to fueling the Kremlin’s war machine, triggering a chain of explosions that lit up the skyline and disrupted one of southern Russia’s most strategic fuel lifelines. This wasn’t just another strike. This was a deliberate, high-impact message: Ukraine can reach far beyond the front lines and hit Russia where it hurts economically, militarily and politically. WATCH