Russia reports massive Ukrainian drone attack across 16 regions overnight
Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out another large-scale attack on Russia (photo: Getty Images)
Last night, the Ukrainian Defense Forces sent a large number of attack drones toward various regions of Russia, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian Defense Ministry claims that it repelled an aerial attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from 8:00 p.m. on August 25 to 7:00 a.m. on August 26.
According to the ministry, its air defenses allegedly managed to neutralize 426 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones.
However, the Russian Defense Ministry traditionally does not disclose the exact number of drones used by the Defense Forces in the new attack.
According to the ministry, drones were detected over:
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Belgorod region;
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Bryansk region;
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Kursk region;
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Oryol region;
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Kaluga region;
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Tula region;
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Lipetsk region;
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Voronezh region;
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Tambov region;
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Ryazan region;
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Nizhny Novgorod region;
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Volgograd region;
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Rostov region;
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Moscow region;
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Krasnodar region;
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Occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
As of the morning of August 26, it is officially known that Ukrainian FP-1 drones simultaneously attacked an oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the largest Wildberries warehouse in the Tambov region overnight.
Photo: Russian media
Photo: Russian media
Photo: Russian media
Photo: Russian media
Photo: Russian media
Explosions near the facility were heard at around 3:40 a.m. Shortly afterward, footage of a massive fire near the plant began circulating online.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces previously attacked the Wildberries warehouse in Kotovsk on July 18.
In addition, it is known that within just a few months, Ukraine managed to hit nearly a third of Russia's largest oil refineries. These strikes have become part of a systematic campaign against the enemy's fuel infrastructure.
