Ukrainian strikes goal Russian oil hubs and high-rises as Zelenskyy warns of essential Patriot interceptor shortages.
Printed On 2 Aug 2026
Swarms of drones launched in a single day by Ukraine in direction of targets in a number of Russian areas have killed not less than eight folks, regardless of Russia saying it efficiently shot down 635.
The deaths introduced by regional governors on Sunday included three killed by a drone strike on a automotive within the Udmurtia area, greater than 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) past the Ukrainian entrance line.
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“This act is monstrous in its senselessness. These folks have been positively not a navy goal,” performing Governor Olga Abramova stated on Telegram.
Within the Saratov area, civilian infrastructure was hit within the cities of Saratov and Engels, and two folks have been killed when a residential constructing in Engels was struck, Governor Roman Busargin stated.
Each Saratov metropolis, which hosts a significant oil refinery, and Engels, dwelling of a strategic bomber airbase, have come beneath repeated Ukrainian assault in recent times.
Ukraine’s navy stated it had attacked the Saratov refinery and the Engels airbase, sparking fires at each services. It stated its forces had additionally struck an oil depot within the western Kaluga area.
Within the Belgorod area bordering Ukraine, three folks have been killed and 5 wounded in Ukrainian strikes, the native process pressure reported.
Ukrainian drones additionally attacked a Wildberries warehouse within the Samara area, round 800 km (500 miles) from Ukraine’s most superior navy positions, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev stated. He stated there have been no casualties and {that a} fireplace that had damaged out on account of the assault was being put out.
Ukrainian forces have been putting deeper inside Russia as they increase strikes on financial and vitality targets, hoping to undermine Moscow’s means to wage its greater than four-year-old warfare in Ukraine.
They’ve attacked a few dozen Wildberries websites since July 18 in a bid to disrupt the operations of the corporate, a linchpin of the buyer economic system typically described as Russia’s reply to Amazon.
In Ukraine, one particular person died on Sunday as a Russian guided bomb struck a residential constructing within the southern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, in line with native administration head Ivan Fedorov. One other assault on Sunday killed one particular person and set fireplace to a postal terminal on the outskirts of Kharkiv, within the northwest, regional administration head Oleh Syniehubov stated.
Either side are more and more utilizing long-range missiles and drones to assault one another far past the entrance traces.
Knowledge compiled by AFP from Ukrainian Air Power reviews revealed that Russia fired a report 376 missiles at Ukraine in July, greater than double the entire launched in June, with most focused at Kyiv.
The intensified ballistic marketing campaign killed greater than 170 civilians between July 1 and July 27 in line with UN figures, culminating in an in a single day barrage on Friday that killed not less than 9 folks and wounded 33 within the Ukrainian capital.
Throughout that assault, Russia launched 220 aerial weapons, together with 35 missiles, 27 of them ballistic, and 185 drones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated air defence models intercepted 154 drones however just one ballistic missile, due to a essential scarcity of US-supplied Patriot interceptor missiles.
