Russia burning as Ukraine launches massive strikes | World | News
Ukraine has launched a huge drone attack across Russia overnight. The nation’s military reportedly struck logistics and oil infrastructure in various regions on August 4. Russian Telegram media channels reported smoke rising from a Wildberries logistics hub in the city of Chekhov in Moscow Oblast.
Footage shared to social media showed thick black smoke rising from the site, which is located around 40 miles south of the Kremlin. Ukrainian drones were sighted flying over the city ahead of the major strike, the Kyiv Independent reports.
Leningrad Oblast governor Alexander Drozdenko said drones struck a warehouse in the Krasny Bor region overnight, with Wildberries – Russia‘s biggest online shopping company – confirming that its facility had been struck.
Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov also said five people were killed and six injured in attacks within the Novosyolki industrial zone.
He told Ukrainian diplomats that the country’s innovative drone technology, developed during the war, has enabled it to sign military co-operation agreements with nine countries.
Under the deals, Ukraine receives long-term funding for its defence industry while partner countries get new defence capabilities, he said, adding that agreements are being negotiation with 15 further countries.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 181 long-range drone strikes from Sunday to Monday, according to the Ukrainian air force.
Moscow has also used glide bombs against Ukrainian towns and cities since invading its neighbour over four years ago.
The Soviet-era bombs are retrofitted with guidance systems and can carry up to 3,000kg of explosives, leaving huge craters, with Ukraine currently possessing no effective countermeasures.
Despite the ongoing attacks on both sides, Ukraine’s near-daily long-range drone and missile strikes have battered Russian oil facilities for months, sparking a humiliating fuel crisis for Putin, who assumed the invasion would be over in a matter of days when he mobilised troops in 2022.
