{"id":78176,"date":"2026-08-16T22:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/78176\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:46:37","slug":"ukraine-using-british-drones-to-strike-military-and-industrial-targets-deep-inside-russia-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/78176\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine using British drones to strike military and industrial targets deep inside Russia | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Ukraine using British drones to strike military and industrial targets deep inside Russia | BBC News\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-GPjPfFip8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nUkraine using British drones to strike military and industrial targets deep inside Russia | BBC News<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been confirmed that British-made drones are being used to strike targets deep inside Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The drones, built by two British companies, have been used in mainland Russia in widespread and strikes on military and industrial targets, including refineries and warehouses of online retailer Wildberries.<\/p>\n<p>A well-placed military source confirmed to the BBC the UK drones had been used.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has previously said drones using UK components and configurations have been used to attack Russian territory, including a fuel depot in the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the UK Ministry of Defence announced it would supply Ukraine tens of thousands of drones, including long-range strike devices, in its biggest ever package.<\/p>\n<p>The MoD described its support for Ukraine is &#8220;unwavering&#8221; and said it would stand by its ally &#8220;until it wins&#8221;.  A spokesperson said: &#8220;We are committed to providing the equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself against Putin&#8217;s illegal invasion.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest wave of Ukrainian attacks on Russia, Moscow&#8217;s mayor said that hundreds of drones had been launched towards the Russian capital overnight.<br \/>\nversion<\/p>\n<p>A warehouse belonging to Russian retailer Wildberries was hit.  The company, a Russian mass retailer of goods online, equivalent to Amazon, has been repeatedly targeted since July.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv said at the time it was targeting logistics hubs used by Russians to buy military equipment and disrupting supplies to the Russian army.<\/p>\n<p>Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Johnson and Joe Inwood.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukraine using British drones to strike military and industrial targets deep inside Russia | BBC News It\u2019s been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[233,176,234,236,7663,220,193,82,5950,1693,194,2541,31,910,218,17,195,11489,219,279,79,49,235,960],"class_list":["post-78176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bbc-news","tag-attacks","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-british","tag-danger","tag-dead","tag-drones","tag-fighting","tag-injured","tag-killed","tag-moscow","tag-news","tag-putin","tag-risk","tag-russia","tag-strikes","tag-targets","tag-threat","tag-uk","tag-ukraine","tag-war","tag-world-news","tag-zelensky"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117107629001910873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}