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Ukraine Strikes Russian Warehouses in Volgograd and Tatarstan
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In Short: Ukraine targets Russian logistics facilities in a series of drone attacks, causing significant damage and evacuations.
Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes against Russian warehouses, damaging a Wildberries logistics facility in Volgograd and another in Tatarstan, leading to large fires and evacuations.
Residents in Tatarstan reported explosions and thick smoke, with eyewitness footage confirming damage to the Wildberries complex in Zelenodolsk and the Lukoil refinery.
The strikes, part of a series of attacks, have already damaged at least seven warehouses and eliminated around 10% of Wildberries' storage capacity, with more than 88,000 sellers receiving compensation for damaged goods.
In addition to the strikes, multiple explosions were reported in Nizhnekamsk, and evacuations were carried out in Penza and Sarapul, though no casualties were reported.
These attacks highlight the ongoing conflict and the impact on Russian supply chains, with Wildberries redirecting deliveries through other parts of its logistics network to mitigate the effects.
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- An overnight drone attack damaged a logistics facility belonging to Russian online retail giant Wildberries in Volgograd, while smoke was later reported above another of the company’s complexes in Russia’s Tatarstan…
- Videos published by Russian monitoring channels showed large fires and thick smoke rising over the city.
- Ukrainian and open-source monitoring accounts identified the apparent targets as the Wildberries distribution center and the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery, one of Russia’s largest oil-processing facilities.
- Hours later, residents of Kazan and surrounding areas in Tatarstan reported explosions during another suspected drone attack.
- The independent Russian project ASTRA analyzed eyewitness footage and said smoke appeared to be rising from the Wildberries logistics complex in an industrial area of Zelenodolsk.
- Residents of Nizhnekamsk, another major industrial center in Tatarstan, reported more than 30 explosions.
- One person was injured and around 200 employees were evacuated from the Penza warehouse, while workers in Sarapul were evacuated before the strike and no casualties were reported.
- Wildberries said deliveries from the damaged facilities were being redirected through other parts of its logistics network.
Sources
- Kyivpostlink