Ukrainian drones kill 5 in Russia and set fire to Wildberries warehouse
Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least five people across Russia, also hitting industrial sites and a further warehouse belonging to Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries , local officials said.…
Ukrainian drones struck five individuals in Russia, causing fires at industrial sites and a Wildberries warehouse, according to local officials. Wildberries, Russia's prominent online marketplace, has been a frequent target of Ukraine's aerial campaign, which aims to weaken Moscow's war efforts, harm the economy, and inflict hardships on people.
In just two weeks, Ukraine has struck over a dozen of Wildberries' facilities, contributing to the overall impact of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian air defenses neutralized 635 Ukrainian drones, including those launched near occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov Seas, though the Defense Ministry in Moscow did not disclose the number of drones launched or their targets.
Meanwhile, Russia launched 133 drones against Ukraine, of which 24 hit their intended targets, as reported by the Ukrainian air force. Later that Sunday, additional Russian strikes on the Ukrainian cities of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv resulted in at least two fatalities, according to local officials. Ukraine's targeting of Wildberries began with a warehouse in Samara, approximately 500 miles from the Russian-Ukrainian border, following Ukrainian drone strikes on the company's sites in Elektrostal and Tambov on July 18.
These attacks have killed at least nine people and wounded numerous others, causing damage to civil infrastructure in Engels and the regional capital, Saratov.
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