Drone Attack Ignites Blaze at Energy Plant in Russia’s Volgograd, Governor Says
Authorities said the overnight strike injured five people and set off fires at a Lukoil-operated refinery and a Wildberries logistics hub.
- On Friday, a drone attack struck an energy facility and a Wildberries warehouse in Volgograd, injuring five people, according to Governor Andrei Bocharov.
- Ukraine says its strikes are "long-range sanctions" designed to sap Moscow's war-fighting capacity and force an end to the 4-1/2-year conflict.
- Russia's Defense Ministry intercepted 371 drones between Thursday night and Friday morning, while NASA's FIRMS system detected fires at a Lukoil-operated refinery and strikes destroyed 10% of Wildberries' storage capacity.
- In the Rostov region, Governor Yuri Slyusar reported a woman injured in Gukovo, while Wildberries paid support to nearly 100,000 sellers and Ozon evacuated a warehouse in Tatarstan.
- Drone strikes damaged around a dozen Wildberries warehouses over two weeks, destroying an estimated 10% of storage capacity; Ukraine accuses Wildberries of supplying military parts, though the company denies the allegations.
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The drones hit Volgograd, then kept flying 1,100 km to Tatarstan
Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia overnight into 31 July, lighting fires at a major refinery and a warehouse hub in Volgograd and reaching more than 1,100 km east into Tatarstan by morning, Russian officials and monitoring channels reported. The retailer and the local governor both acknowledged the blazes. The wave extended Ukraine's twin campaigns against Russian fuel and commercial logistics. Oil and fuel exports remain Moscow's large…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Logistics Center and Energy Facility in Volgograd
A Ukrainian drone attack set fire to an energy facility and a warehouse belonging to Wildberries in the southern Volgograd region, local authorities and the online retailer said Friday morning. Volgograd region Governor Andrei Bocharov said at least five people were injured during the overnight attack but did not identify the energy facility by name.
Five people were injured in an attack by Ukrainian drones on several sites in Volgograd, according to Governor Andrei...
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