Ukrainian forces used long-range FP-1 drones, built by Ukrainian manufacturer Fire Point and capable of reaching targets more than 350 kilometers inside Russia, to strike Wildberries logistics hubs in Russia’s Ryazan, Penza, and Udmurtia regions overnight, part of a wider wave of strikes that also hit an oil refinery in Ryazan and a fuel terminal at the Taman port in Krasnodar region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said forces struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery, about 360 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, along with the nearby Wildberries center, and Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the refinery strike caused a fire, according to the Kyiv Independent.
A Wildberries sorting center covering roughly 90,000 square meters caught fire in Penza after a drone strike, with Penza Region Governor Oleg Melnychenko confirming one person injured and about 200 employees evacuated, according to Ukrinform.
A second Wildberries site was hit in Sarapul, Udmurtia, roughly 1,200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border and among the company’s ten largest logistics hubs, with the company confirming a fire and no casualties; Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, confirmed the strike, according to NV.
Drones also hit the sea port at Taman, in Krasnodar region’s Volna settlement, sparking multiple fires at a fuel terminal, according to regional officials cited by the New Voice of Ukraine.
The strikes are part of a campaign that has hit at least 11 Wildberries facilities since mid-July, which Zelensky says targets logistics tied to Russian military supply chains; Wildberries and the Kremlin reject that claim and call the strikes terrorism, and no independent evidence confirms the company’s military ties. Data Insight estimates merchandise losses so far at roughly 170 billion rubles, or $2.2 billion.
