A drone attack on Friday caused a fire at an energy facility and warehouses in Russia's Volgograd region, injuring five people, according to regional governor Andrei Bocharov. The region is home to a Lukoil oil refinery, and Ukraine has recently increased strikes on Russian logistics and energy infrastructure.
The attacks highlight Ukraine's increasing capability to strike deep within Russia, targeting critical infrastructure like energy facilities and logistics hubs, potentially impacting Russia's war economy and domestic supply chains.
A drone attack on Friday ignited a fire at an energy facility and warehouses in Russia's Volgograd region, injuring five people, according to regional governor Andrei Bocharov. The region is home to a Lukoil-owned oil refinery. In the neighboring Rostov region, a woman was injured in a separate drone attack.
Ukraine has recently intensified its strikes on Russian logistics hubs, including those of e-commerce retailer Wildberries, and energy facilities. Wildberries has experienced multiple attacks on its warehouses recently. Ukraine states these long-range strikes are intended to degrade Moscow's war-fighting capabilities.
The Kyiv Independent reported that a Wildberries distribution center in Volgograd and two oil refineries, one in Volgograd and another in Tuapse (Krasnodar Krai), were targeted. The Volgograd refinery is one of Russia's largest. The Kyiv Independent noted it could not independently verify the reported strikes or the extent of the damage.