Ukrainian Drones Target Volgograd, Krasnodar Industrial Sites
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defense systems intercepted 646 Ukrainian drones overnight across Russia.
Ukrainian drone strikes hit industrial sites in Volgograd and Krasnodar regions of southern Russia, local officials and media reported on Friday. Andrei Bocharov, governor of Volgograd region, informed that a significant drone assault targeted industrial infrastructure, resulting in damage to an apartment building and one injury.
Eyewitness footage obtained by the exiled publication Astra showed a large fire in Volgograd's Krasnoarmeiskyi district, which houses the Volgograd oil refinery — Lukoil's largest in southern Russia — and the Kaustik chemical plant. Krasnodar region authorities revealed that an enterprise suffered minor damage due to drone debris in Tuapse, a Black Sea town hosting an oil refinery and port facilities, including a grain terminal.
Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed that its air defense systems intercepted 646 Ukrainian drones across Russia overnight. President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Ukrainian refinery attacks have cost Russia 1% of its GDP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia launched more than 100 attack drones overnight, with nearly 50 being jet-powered, and called for tighter sanctions on Russia's supply chains for foreign components from Western allies.
Russian air strikes in Kyiv resulted in one death and two injuries, disrupting traffic on the Southern Bridge and Paton Bridge across the Dnipro River, and imposing partial restrictions on the Metro Bridge. The Moscow Times, an independent Russian news outlet, has been labeled as an "undesirable organization" by Russia's Prosecutor General's Office, potentially putting journalists at risk of prosecution.
The paper refuses to be silenced, despite facing repression, and urges readers to support its work by contributing any amount starting from $2.
Written by urgent.news from The Moscow Times's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
