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 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.
Met with a Raytheon team led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona. Raytheon is a very strong defense company, and Ukraine has long been using its equipment to protect our people from vicious Russian attacks.
I am grateful for the company’s readiness to take our partnership to an… pic.twitter.com/zPqXdQp5ig
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 23, 2026
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.
