The Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s industrial sites, including gas and oil refineries and another Wildberries warehouse, continued, with the latest attack claiming at least three lives in Russia and Crimea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed his military struck several industrial sites in attacks overnight on Tuesday.
Neptune Missile. Image Credit: Government of Ukraine.
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The attacks in the western Russian city of Ryazan, located south of Moscow and about 310 miles from Ukrainian territory, forced the giant online retailer Wildberries to evacuate its local warehouses, according to Russian authorities.
Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said in a post on Telegram that 45 drones were shot down over the region overnight Tuesday, with falling debris causing a fire in an “industrial area” and damaging a home and a building.
Six people were wounded in the attack and taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Attacks On Wildberries Continue Across Russia
Ukrainian drone attacks have targeted several warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer. Photos taken by witnesses in Ryazan show the Wildberries warehouse ablaze.
The strikes have destroyed roughly 10 percent of the company’s storage capacity, disrupting logistics and impacting thousands of small businesses. Wildberries accounts for nearly 50 percent of Russia’s online retail market.
Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Wednesday that Wildberries is seeking 100,000 square meters of storage space in neighboring Kazakhstan to protect its assets from further drone strikes.
By hitting major distribution centers across Russia, Ukraine is attacking the digital retail infrastructure that supports decentralized military procurement and frontline supply lines.
Ukrainian officials state that the attacks on Wildberries warehouses and logistics hubs have been because they have been used to transport and supply sanctioned components, consumer drone parts, navigation equipment, and tactical gear utilized by Russian forces in the war with Ukraine.
However, after these recent drone strikes, the company began hiding these goods from search results for the keywords “everything for the SVO” and “SVO” — the Russian acronym for “special military operation,” the Kremlin’s official catchword for the invasion and war in Ukraine.
Oil and Gas Refineries Also Targeted
Also included in the attacks on Ryazan was a strike on a major oil refinery. Owned by Rosneft, the Ryazan Oil Refinery produces upwards of 17.1 million tons of oil per year and accounts for roughly 5 percent of Russia’s total processing output.
The Ryazan refinery has been frequently targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes. An attack back in May forced the facility to temporarily shut down operations.
The extent of the damage from this attack is not known at this time.
Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavel Malkov reported a “massive” drone attack on the region, saying that air defenses had been activated and fires had broken out in industrial areas.
“Deep Strike units of the Special Operations Forces, in cooperation with the Russian resistance movement Black Spark, struck the Ryazan oil refinery,” the Special Operations Forces said.
Black Spark (Chornaya Iskra) is an underground partisan and resistance organization operating inside Russia that emerged around late 2025.
Composed of Russian citizens, combat veterans, and dissidents, the group actively collaborates with Ukrainian special forces to conduct sabotage and reconnaissance operations aimed at undermining the Kremlin’s military and energy infrastructure.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) attacked the Perm Oil Refinery (Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez), located over 1,500 km from Ukraine, on 29 July.
According to Pravda, the Perm Oil Refinery is one of Russia’s largest, with a capacity of almost 13 million tons per year.
It supplies fuel to both the civilian sector and the Russian military.
The attack targeted the primary oil-refining unit, which was set on fire, as photos from the scene have shown.
Crimea Attacks Target Russian Ships In the Sea Of Azov
President Zelenskyy stated that Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Russian Black Sea Fleet high-speed boat base near the village of Mizhvodne in occupied Crimea during an overnight operation on July 28–29, 2026.
The targeted facility was used for servicing, logistics, and patrol support of fast boats.
These vessels are regularly used for coastal patrols, logistics, and other military operations in the Black Sea. Loud explosions were heard in the area; however, the extent of damage is unknown.
During the attack on the Rostov region, Governor Yuri Slyusar said that a woman was killed and a man injured after missile debris hit an apartment building in the port city of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov.
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