A fire broke out at Belgorod State Technological University (BSTU) named after V.G. Shukhov after a Ukrainian drone attack overnight into August 3, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing the investigative outlet Astra. The university had developed an automated UAV control system using the Russian-made Milandr microprocessor — work the school said was for civilian uses like power-line monitoring and aerial photography. BSTU had also opened a summer program this year training schoolchildren in drone development. Russian authorities have not confirmed the damage; the regional operational headquarters issued repeated drone-threat warnings overnight, per the same report.
The night’s strikes also reportedly reached Russian-occupied Crimea, where explosions were heard in the Saky district, Feodosiia, Simferopol and Kerch, Ukrainska Pravda said.
Wildberries confirmed a hit on its warehouse in Vladimir region, southeast of Moscow, according to the Ukrainian outlet Babel. The company said workers were evacuated and reported no casualties, though the fire was still spreading.
The strike follows what Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, said was already a tenth strike on Wildberries logistics infrastructure as of August 2, when drones hit a hub in Samara Oblast he called “the main logistics bridge between the European part of Russia and Siberia,” nv.ua reported.
