Ukraine war briefing: Strikes devastate Russian warehouses ‘used for drones’
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian long-range strikes hit two drone supply hubs in the Moscow and Tambov regions of Russia. Russian officials and news reports described
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian long-range strikes hit two drone supply hubs in the Moscow and Tambov regions of Russia. Russian officials and news reports described them as warehouses of the online retailer Wildberries: one in the town of Kotovsk in the Tambov region, about 360km (220 miles) from the border with Ukraine, and another in the city of Elektrostal, about 50km (30 miles) east of Moscow. Zelenskyy said: “These facilities were used by the aggressor to supply sanctioned components for the production of drones and navigation equipment.” Elektrostal is a major centre for metallurgy and machine-building Zelenskyy said: “In response to Russian strikes on our civilian infrastructure and on our cities and communities, two major logistics facilities were hit – in the Moscow and Tambov regions.” The Tambov regional governor, Yevgeny Pervyshov, said seven night shift workers were killed at the warehouse in Kotovsk and 25 others wounded.
Serhii Kuzan, a Ukrainian military analyst, told the BBC that Wildberries was a vital supplier to the Russian army of dual-use and sanctioned goods and electronics. One more person was killed and another wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod region on Saturday afternoon, according to local authorities.
Ukraine’s general staff said Kyiv’s forces hit a fuel depot in Noginsk that supplies the Russian armed forces. The military also reported hitting two tankers, two floating cranes and a tugboat in the Black and Azov seas, saying the vessels were used to transport oil, fuel and military cargo. Separately,
the military said it struck a Russian Project 10410 Svetlyak-class patrol ship in Kerch, describing it as the second vessel of that class hit in two days, as well as a railway bridge over the Bila River near Sabivka in the occupied Luhansk region that it said Russia used for military logistics.
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