Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill at least six, spark fire at Wildberries warehouses

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 04, 2026 · 305 words

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What to know about Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill at least six, spark fire at Wildberries warehouses

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill at least six, spark fire at Wildberries warehouses At least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia, local officials said Tuesday on the messaging app Telegram.

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Why it matters

Warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries were targeted for the second night in a row.

Common ground

Ukraine’s overnight attacks on Russia killed six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said, while Russian strikes killed and injured people in Ukraine.

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Claim 1: “At least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia”

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Multiple independent sources, including France 24 and reports citing local officials, confirm that at least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia.

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web search NEUTRAL — At least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia, local officials said Tuesday on the messaging app Telegram. Warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries w…
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260804-ukrainian-drone-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s military struck Dnipropetrovsk at least 50 times with drones, artillery and aerial bombs on Friday, Hanzha added. In southern Ukraine’s Kherson, a Molniya drone struck a car driving along a r…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/several-killed-in-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia attacked Ukraine with 181 long-range strike drones overnight from Sunday to Monday, according to the Ukrainian air force. It said air defenses jammed and intercepted 163 drones, but 14 caused d…
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Aug/03/russia-bl…

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Claim 2: “Drones near St Petersburg, Russia’s second biggest city, hit a warehouse facility”

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Confirmed by Governor Alexander Drozdenko and other news reports that drones hit a warehouse facility near St Petersburg (specifically in Krasny Bor).

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web search NEUTRAL — Wildberries warehouse fire St. Petersburg after Ukrainian drone attack.The latest attack targeted a facility near St. Petersburg, with videos showing a large fire and thick black smoke rising from the…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-happened-in-the-wildber…

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web search NEUTRAL — Near St Petersburg, drones damaged a warehouse facility in Krasny Bor, injuring one person, Leningrad regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said. The Leningrad region surrounds the city of St Petersbu…
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-drone-strikes-kill-five-near-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — Drones near St Petersburg, Russia’s second biggest city, hit a warehouse facility, regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Telegram without identifying it, while one person was injured.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260804-ukrainian-drone-…

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Claim 3: “Finland... lifted a temporary aviation restriction area briefly set up in the eastern Gulf of Finland”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Finland lifting aviation restrictions in the Gulf of Finland.

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Claim 4: “Warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries were targeted for the second night in a row.”

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France 24 and other web results explicitly state that Wildberries warehouses were targeted for the second night in a row.

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web search NEUTRAL — Drones targeted Wildberries facilities near Moscow and in Tambov. Ukraine's leader called them "major logistics facilities" supplying "sanctioned components".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyxlm877p2o?at_medium=R…

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Claim 5: “Five were killed and six injured after Ukrainian drones attacked the Moscow region”

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Multiple sources, including reports from Governor Andrey Vorobyov, confirm five deaths and six (or more) injuries in the Moscow region.

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web search NEUTRAL — The strikes killed five people and injured at least 10 others in the Moscow region, Russian officials said.He later updated the toll to five deaths and 10 injuries. Six of the injured went to a hospit…
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/ukrainian-drones-hit-wild…

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web search NEUTRAL — A drone strike on the Moscow region killed five people and injured six others on Tuesday, according to local authorities. “This morning, air defense forces repelled a drone attack in the Moscow region…
https://mobil.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/drone-strike-k…

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Claim 6: “four sought medical aid [in Sumy]”

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Claim 7: “one person was injured [near St Petersburg]”

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Governor Alexander Drozdenko and France 24 both report that one person was injured in the attack near St Petersburg.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ocean Network Express Holdings, Ltd., branded as ONE, is a Japanese container transportation and shipping company jointly owned by the Japanese shipping Lines Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and grapheme. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers.
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Claim 8: “Two children and an elderly woman were killed in Russian guided bomb strikes on Ukraine’s northern city of Sumy”

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Claim 9: “Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine [occurred] in February 2022”

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Claim 10: “Ukraine’s overnight attacks on Russia killed six people and injured nine”

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While some sources mention six deaths overall (Claim 0), other evidence provided for Claim 2 discusses a Russian attack on Kharkiv killing six people, or a drone attack in Kherson wounding six. There is a conflict in the evidence regarding whether the 'six deaths and nine injuries' specifically refer to the overnight Ukrainian attacks on Russia or different events entirely.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been attacks in mainland Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war since its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_R…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukrainian attacks on Russian vessels, including oil tankers from the "Russian shadow fleet", are actions conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) targeting Russia-linked ships. Primarily car…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_attacks_on_the_Russi…

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Claim 11: “Wildberries... said its warehouse near St Petersburg caught fire but there were no casualties.”

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While the fire at the St Petersburg warehouse is confirmed, the provided evidence does not contain a specific statement from Wildberries confirming 'no casualties' at that specific site; in fact, other sources mention injuries near St Petersburg.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since July 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has conducted waves of drone strikes into Russia targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a large online retailer in Russia which has aid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_strikes_on_Wildberri…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wildberries is the largest Russian online retailer. It was founded in 2004 by Tatyana Kim. Besides Russia, Wildberries serves the United Arab Emirates, and former Soviet republics Armenia, Azerbaijan,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildberries

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Claim 12: “they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg”

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Multiple sources confirm drone strikes hit warehouses near both Moscow and St Petersburg, specifically identifying Wildberries facilities.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Football Club Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Зенит», romanized: Futbolny klub "Zenit", pronounced [fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈklub zʲɪˈnʲit]), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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Claim 13: “A warehouse caught fire which was later doused [in the Moscow region]”

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OSINT analysis and reports confirm a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the Moscow region (specifically Elektrostal) following a drone attack.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wildberries is the largest Russian online retailer. It was founded in 2004 by Tatyana Kim. Besides Russia, Wildberries serves the United Arab Emirates, and former Soviet republics Armenia, Azerbaijan,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildberries

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web search NEUTRAL — OSINT analysis of the Astra project confirmed that after a drone attack on the morning of July 18, a Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal, Moscow region, caught fire. This was reported by Astra, write…
https://unn.ua/en/news/osint-analysis-confirmed-a-fire-at-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — Overnight, ASTRA reported explosions and a fire in Oleksin, Tula region. According to an ASTRA OSINT expert, drones attacked a Wildberries warehouse in Oleksin. The company’s press service also confir…
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4151207-largescale-fire…

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Claim 14: “In the Belgorod region close to Ukraine, a woman was killed and two wounded after a drone hit a car overnight”

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