Ukrainian drone strikes set fire to Wildberries warehouse and oil refinery in Ryazan, Russia

Jul 29, 2026

Ukrainian drone strikes overnight on July 28, 2026, targeted Ryazan, Russia, setting fire to a Wildberries warehouse and an oil refinery, injuring six people. The attacks are part of Ukraine's asymmetric campaign against Russian logistics and industrial sites, which has damaged seven Wildberries warehouses. Meanwhile, Russian forces seized two Ukrainian villages and struck Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk. In the US, the Senate advanced a Russian oil sanctions bill in an 86-12 vote.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia

▪Ukrainian drone attacks hit industrial facilities in Ryazan, Russia, overnight on July 28, 2026, causing fires at a Wildberries warehouse and an oil refinery.
▪Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged at least seven Wildberries warehouses in late July 2026, destroying approximately 10 percent of the company's storage capacity.
▪Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed strikes targeted an oil refinery and logistics center in Ryazan, as well as a Black Sea Fleet boat base in Russian-occupied Crimea.
▪Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov stated that 45 drones were shot down over the region overnight on July 28, 2026, with falling debris injuring six people who were hospitalized.
▪Ukraine also struck an oil refinery in Perm, located approximately 1,150 kilometers northeast of Moscow, on July 29, 2026.

Russian attacks on Ukraine

▪Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed its forces seized the Ukrainian villages of Svtitle in the eastern Donetsk region and Nova Sich in the northeastern Sumy region.
▪A Russian drone attack in Kherson, Ukraine, killed one man and wounded three other people.
▪Russian attacks using drones, aerial bombs, and artillery in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region injured five people, including a child.

Russian drone executive assassination attempt

▪An unidentified gunman shot Andrey Cherezov, director of the Russian Air Transport Laboratory drone development company, three times in Tula, Russia, on July 29, 2026.
▪Andrey Cherezov survived the shooting, which occurred in an apartment building stairwell, and was hospitalized while authorities launched an attempted murder investigation.

US Senate Russia sanctions bill

▪A bill to impose sanctions on Russian oil passed a procedural vote in the United States Senate by an 86-12 margin.
▪The 12 votes against the United States Senate Russian oil sanctions bill came from Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Rand Paul, and 10 Democrats.

Russian economic deterioration

▪Ukrainian drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses have disrupted operations and inflicted financial losses on tens of thousands of small businesses selling on the platform.
▪Recent targeting of vessels in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov by both Ukraine and Russia has led to a fall in regional oil and grain supplies.