Ukrainian drones strike Wildberries hub, Volgograd refinery

A series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeted logistics and energy infrastructure across Russia overnight into Friday, July 31, 2026, damaging a major online retailer's warehouse and igniting fires at an oil refinery in the southern Volgograd region. The attacks injured at least six people and extended a weeks-long campaign against facilities linked to Russia's domestic supply chains.

Volgograd regional Governor Andrei Bocharov said five people were injured during what he described as a massive overnight attack on the region, with fires breaking out at an industrial facility and a warehouse. Independent monitoring channels and local reports identified the targets as a large logistics complex belonging to the e-commerce giant Wildberries and the Lukoil-operated Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery, one of Russia's largest. Wildberries confirmed its Volgograd facility was damaged and a fire broke out, but reported no casualties among its employees. Images showed large columns of black smoke rising above the city.

In a separate incident in the neighboring Rostov region, Governor Yury Slyusar said a woman was injured during a drone strike in the town of Gukovo. Meanwhile, in the...