A wave of long-range strikes reached deep behind the front, disrupting a major retailer\u2019s operations and raising fears of further escalation.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian drones attacked targets in various regions of Russia and in occupied territories of Ukraine on August 22. According to Russian officials and Moscow-appointed representatives, at least 10 people were killed. The targets included a logistics center belonging to Russian online retailer Ozon and industrial facilities.<\/p>\n
Russia and Ukraine are expanding their use of long-range drones, striking economic and industrial infrastructure far from the front line. Kyiv says such attacks are intended to reduce Moscow\u2019s ability to finance the war.<\/p>\n
The previous day, Russian drones attacked a shopping center in central Ukraine. At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 others were injured in the strike.<\/p>\n
Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine\u2019s strikes on economic targets had led to an intensification of Russian retaliatory attacks. Meanwhile, following a conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron pledged to speed up deliveries of French equipment to strengthen Ukraine\u2019s air defenses.<\/p>\n
Strike on Ozon warehouse in the Samara region<\/p>\n
Samara region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said that an elderly woman was killed in the attack in Novokuibyshevsk. According to him, the strike also damaged industrial facilities in the city.<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s military said it had struck the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, where a fire broke out after the attack.<\/p>\n
Ozon said it had suspended operations at its logistics center in the city of Chapayevsk in the Samara region after the strike. The company said there were casualties as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n
This was the first attack on Ozon facilities after several weeks of drone strikes on Wildberries, the company\u2019s larger competitor. Ukraine describes such facilities as part of the economic infrastructure that supports Russia\u2019s military campaign.<\/p>\n
Dead and injured in other regions<\/p>\n
In the Krasnodar region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported the deaths of three people, including two children, in the city of Yeysk on the coast of the Sea of Azov. Another adult was injured. He said a fire broke out at an unnamed facility in the city\u2019s port.<\/p>\n
Russian authorities also reported the consequences of attacks in other regions:<\/p>\n
two people were killed and another 13 were injured in the Belgorod region;
\nfour people were injured in the Bryansk region;
\nin Sevastopol, on the Crimean Peninsula occupied by Russia, at least two people were killed and another 10 were injured when a drone struck a city bus;
\nin the Luhansk region, most of which is controlled by Russia, Moscow-appointed official Leonid Pasechnik reported the deaths of two civilians, including a 16-year-old boy, and nine people injured.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said that Russian air defenses had allegedly shot down 457 Ukrainian drones overnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wave of long-range strikes reached deep behind the front, disrupting a major retailer\u2019s operations and raising fears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11278,3671,82,757,11279,11280,862,11277],"class_list":["post-31775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-drone-attacks-russia","tag-long-range-drones","tag-news","tag-occupied-ukraine","tag-ozon-logistics-center","tag-samara-refinery","tag-ukrainian-drones","tag-ukrainian-drones-drone-attacks-russia-ozon-logistics-center-samara-refinery-occupied-ukraine-long-range-drones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}