Ukraine launches more than 600 drones at Russia and occupied Crimea. Another Wildberries warehouse hit.
A Wildberries logistics complex in the Tver region had its facade “slightly damaged” by “falling debris” from a Ukrainian drone, Tver Governor Vitaly Korolev said. The company has not commented on the attack.
In the Kalininsky district, “drone debris” damaged several outbuildings at a garden community, and no one was hurt in the attack. The independent Telegram channel Astra reported that the drone strike sparked a fire in private homes in the village of Palkino, near Tver.
On August 4, Korolev said that “drone debris” had damaged a wall at a Wildberries warehouse in the settlement of Emmaus, with no casualties in that case either. It remains unclear from his statements whether it was the same warehouse.
Russia’s air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions, occupied Crimea, and the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry reported.
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region after a Ukrainian drone attack, according to reports from monitoring channels.
Ukrainian drones strike Wildberries logistics centers almost daily. Since mid-July, Ukraine has struck more than 20 of the company’s warehouses.
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What is this debris?
Russian propaganda frequently uses the phrase “drone debris” to downplay the scale of an attack and play up the effectiveness of air defenses — and Ukraine has adopted the same tactic. Fragments of drones and missiles do sometimes fall to the ground, but wartime conditions make it difficult to quickly confirm or refute such claims. Treat reports of “drone debris” with caution.