Ukrainian drone strikes target Russian retail hubs as fighting intensifies

Ukrainian drone operations have continued to strike infrastructure inside Russia, expanding targets to major retail logistics networks. Strikes hit four additional fulfillment hubs operated by e-commerce retailer Ozon, including a facility in Makhachkala, Dagestan, causing its stock to drop nearly 30 percent. A separate drone strike set fire to a Wildberries warehouse in Leningrad Oblast. In Moscow Oblast, regional authorities confirmed five deaths and ten injuries following drone impacts on local warehouses. Furthermore, a drone crash on a Krasnodar Krai beach resulted in seven fatalities and around 40 injuries.

Concurrently, heavy fighting persists across Ukraine and the front lines. Russian missile and drone bombardments against Kyiv killed nine people and injured 33. On the ground, Russian forces achieved a tactical breakthrough near Artelne in the Kharkiv region, while Ukrainian troops pushed forward near Uspenivka. Meanwhile, Belarusian authorities announced the deployment of a new air assault brigade along the southern border.

Sources: Mediazona, Point, Радіо Свобода, The Guardian, The Insider