A logistics hub of Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries burns after Ukrainian drone strikes, south of St. Petersburg, July 24, 2026 (ExileNova)

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UPDATE 1955 GMT:

At least five civilians have been murdered and 15 injured, including a 15-year-old boy, by two Russian air-dropped bombs on the frontline city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.

The morning attack damaged 11 multi-story apartment buildings, two coffee shops, two stores, and the Honorary Consulate of Latvia.

UPDATE 1424 GMT:

The toll has risen to 10 murdered and more than 100 injured from today’s Russian ballistic missile strike on an arms exhibition in a military training ground in the Kyiv region.

UPDATE 0925 GMT:

Russia has launched a rare daytime ballistic missile attack on Kyiv.

Air raid sirens sounded around 11:20 a.m. A few minutes later, explosions were reported.

At least six people were killed at an arms exhibition in a military training ground. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said “dozens” more were injured.

The Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry confirmed the strike “at a location where representatives of the Ukrainian defense industry were present”.

Authorities have launched an investigation.

UPDATE 0658 GMT:

Ukraine’s air defenses downed 4 of 5 missiles and 160 of 180 drones launched by Russia overnight. The other missile and 14 UAVs struck nine locations.

UPDATE 0645 GMT:

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced an agreement with US defense contractor Raytheon to jointly produce Patriot air defense missiles.

Zelensky met with a Raytheon delegation led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona in Kyiv on Wednesday.

After a 30-minute meeting with Zelensky at the G7 summit in Ankara last month, Donald Trump authorized US licenses for joint production.

UPDATE 0643 GMT:

At least 25 civilians have been injured, including a 3-month-old infant and five other children, by a Russian attack with five guided aerial bombs on Zaporizhzhia city in southern Ukraine.

A private medical center, residential buildings, a kindergarten, and several vehicles were damaged.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: Ukraine’s drones have struck the logistics centers of Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries for the fifth time in a week.

The latest attack was on the Utkin Zavod logistics park in Novosaratovka, south of St. Petersburg. Residents posted videos on social media documenting thick black smoke rising over the city.

Another strike was reported on a Wildberries facility in the Shushary district of St. Petersburg, 1,100 km (about 684 miles) from Ukraine’s border.

St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov confirmed the attack on “civilian infrastructure facilities on Moskovskoye Highway”. Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko claimed three people were injured in the strike on Wildberries facility in Novosaratovka.

The previous four sets of strikes on Wildberries caused an estimated $4.2 billion in losses, including 10% of its logistics infrastructure and 8% of its warehouses.