Ukrainian long-range drones targeted a Wildberries warehouse in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, located more than 2,000 kilometers from the countries’ border, according to statements from local officials and the company on Friday. The regional governor reported that three drones hit the facility’s roof, triggering a fire. Wildberries indicated that most merchandise was not damaged, though it noted that more than a dozen of its depots have been struck by Ukraine in recent weeks. Regional officials stated that 800 people were evacuated from the warehouse with no injuries reported.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to the US Senate for approving legislation imposing broad energy sanctions against Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also endorsed the measure, characterizing it as complementary to the EU’s 21st sanctions package and demonstrating coordinated transatlantic action.
Russian strikes continued across Ukrainian territory, with fatalities reported in multiple regions. A Saturday attack in the Brovary district northeast of Kyiv killed three people, including a child, and wounded three others, according to regional military officials. The capital also sustained overnight strikes resulting in four wounded and fires in two districts. In the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Friday attacks killed two people and injured six. Russia’s defense ministry claimed its forces struck two cargo vessels in the Black Sea. Additionally, a Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building in Kerch in occupied Crimea on Friday, resulting in two deaths.
Ukrainian drone operations extended to Russian territory, with attacks reported at an oil refinery in the Krasnodar region on Saturday, injuring five people and igniting a fire, and at an industrial facility in the Samara region.
President Zelenskyy began his first official visit to Serbia on Friday to discuss security matters with a European nation maintaining close ties to Moscow. He met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić at Belgrade airport, with official talks scheduled for Saturday. Meanwhile, Germany’s national security council convened to address incidents involving a drone near a Ukrainian cargo plane and a midair collision at Leipzig-Halle airport. Russia’s supreme court announced it would consider a lawsuit seeking to bar Yabloko, the only officially registered opposition party critical of Moscow’s war, from participating in parliamentary elections scheduled for September.
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