Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least two people in regions along Russia’s Volga river overnight, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer.
Drone Strikes
Regional officials reported that the drones attacked a Wildberries warehouse in the Samara region, around 800 km from Ukraine’s most advanced military positions inside Ukrainian territory it holds. A strike on a residential building in the neighboring Saratov region killed two people in the city of Engels.
Civil infrastructure was damaged both in Engels and in the city of Saratov. Both Saratov city, which hosts a major oil refinery, and Engels, home of a military airbase, have come under repeated Ukrainian attack in recent years.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had downed 635 Ukrainian drones during the night. Ukrainian forces have been striking deeper inside Russia as they ramp up strikes on economic and energy targets, hoping to undermine Moscow’s ability to wage its more than four-year war in Ukraine.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
