Ukraine Strikes Voronezh Wildberries Hub as Russian Attacks Kill Nine
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least nine people and wounded dozens overnight, with Zaporizhzhia struck by North Korean ballistic missiles, while Ukraine strikes targeted a Wildberries logistics hub in Voronezh and an oil refinery in Orsk.
Russian Strikes Kill Nine Across Ukraine
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least nine people overnight and wounded dozens, Kyiv said on Tuesday, accusing Moscow of launching North Korean missiles in the raid. [5] The southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia was worst hit in Russia’s latest overnight barrage, with six people killed and 19 wounded, Zelensky said. [5] “The city was struck with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons, and guided aerial bombs. It was a vicious attack, calculated to inflict maximum damage specifically on civilian infrastructure,” he said. [5] Three more were killed by Russian drones and missiles in the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region, the local military administration said. [5] In the capital Kyiv, Zelensky said an infectious diseases hospital was hit, while strikes on the frontlines cities of Kherson and Kharkiv caused power outages. [5] A children’s hospital in Kyiv was also hit, the health ministry said, posting photos of broken windows and debris in a courtyard. [5] “Children and medical staff were not harmed, as they were in a shelter at the time of the attack,” the ministry said. [5] Russia’s defence ministry said its forces “delivered a group strike with high-precision ground-based weapons, hitting military-industrial enterprises and transport-logistics centres in the cities of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia”. [5]
Firefighter Dies in Sumy Drone Strike Aftermath
Russians strike market in Sloviansk, injuring four. — Source: ukrainskapravda A firefighter has died in hospital after sustaining injuries when a building collapsed in Sumy while he was dealing with the aftermath of a Russian drone strike. [1] Oleksii Stoliarenko, 30, shift supervisor at the Rapid Response Unit at the State Emergency Service's Regional Emergency Management Centre in Sumy Oblast, was trapped under a concrete slab and seriously injured. [1] Doctors fought to save his life, but Oleksii could not be saved. [1] “Another day, another devastating loss for the State Emergency Service family. This morning, part of a building collapsed while firefighters were putting out a fire in Sumy caused by a Russian drone strike,” the press service for Ukraine's State Emergency Service stated. [1] “Today we have lost more than just an emergency worker. We have lost a brother, a friend and a colleague.” [1] Serhii Kryvosheienko, Head of Sumy City Military Administration, reported earlier that Russian FPV drones had been attacking the Kovpakivskyi district in Sumy since last night. [1] “Two women aged 66 and 52 have been injured and received treatment at the scene from an emergency medical team. The enemy strikes have damaged civilian vehicles, warehouses and infrastructure facilities,” he wrote. [1]
Market Strike in Sloviansk Injures Four
Four people were injured in a Russian strike on the central market in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, on 11 August. [2] “At around 11:30 on 11 August, the enemy struck the central market with a Molniya-2 UAV. As of now, four people are known to have been injured: three women and one man,” Sloviansk Mayor Vadym Liakh stated on Facebook. [2] Liakh stressed that staying in Sloviansk is becoming more dangerous by the day and urged residents to evacuate. [2]
Ukraine Confirms Strike on Voronezh Wildberries Hub
Ukraine strikes on a Wildberries logistics hub in Voronezh were confirmed by Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces. [3] Reporting on the strike, Brovdi wrote that a “kinetic sandstorm of enhanced combustibility” had been delivered there and the facility had “burned out at work”. [3] “The final parcel; [the facility] has left the chat. The irony of fate for a quartermaster of the special military operation: a kinetic sandstorm of enhanced combustibility as the final parcel, delivered by a Freedom-Loving Ukrainian Bird to Wildberries' brand-new logistics hub in Voronezh,” Brovdi stated. [3] Brovdi also reported that following an attack, firefighting efforts continue at the oil refinery in Orsk, which he described as a supplier of fuel to a significant part of the Urals. [3] On the night of 10-11 August, the USF also struck military and energy facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea and in the south of the occupied Ukrainian territories. [3] Brovdi reported that 43 locations had been “successfully worked on”. [3] Among the targets struck, he listed a destroyed Buk-M3 air defence system, logistics and materiel depots, an ammunition depot, and energy hubs in occupied Berdiansk, Mariupol and other settlements. [3] The USF commander also reported a strike on a Russian shadow fleet dry cargo vessel in the Black Sea. [3] Brovdi has stated that strikes on Wildberries logistics centres are intended to make ordinary Russians feel the consequences of the war and will not stop until rapid repairs to the network become impossible. [3]
Fires Reported at Distant Russian Oil Refineries
A fire broke out at an oil refinery over 6,000 kilometers from Ukraine in Russia's Far East, while a Wildberries logistics hub in Voronezh Oblast was targeted overnight on Aug. 11. [4] Ukraine's military later confirmed strikes on another oil refinery in Orenburg Oblast, at the southern end of Russia's Ural Mountains, as well as on the facility in Voronezh Oblast. [4] In the distant city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's far eastern Khabarovsk Krai, a fire broke out at an oil refinery, according to Telegram channel Exilenova Plus. [4] In Voronezh Oblast, a Wildberries logistics hub in the Russian village of Novaya Usman was engulfed in flames following a series of explosions at the site amid Ukrainian strikes. [4] A 49-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in the Ukrainian drone attack on Voronezh Oblast, Governor Aleksandr Gusev said. [4] Gusev claimed that all 15 drones had been shot down and that the casualties were caused by falling drone debris. [4] Another fire was reported at a power plant in the city of Angarsk in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast, about 4,300 kilometers from Ukraine, Exilenova Plus reported. [4] In the Russian city of Orsk, located approximately 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine in Orenburg Oblast, an oil refinery and mechanical plant were struck by Ukrainian forces, the General Staff said. [4] The General Staff said the target was the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery, which has an annual crude-processing capacity of around 6 million tonnes, adding that an assessment of the damage was still underway. [4] Overnight on Aug. 10, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan and hit military targets in occupied Ukrainian territories, while Russia claimed its air defenses intercepted 456 Ukrainian drones across the country. [4] Ukrainian forces also struck the Tobolskneftekhim petrochemical plant in Russia's Tyumen Oblast on the same night, the General Staff said. [4] The damaged site is located in the city of Tobolsk, approximately 2,200 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border. [4] On Aug. 7, Ukrainian forces struck a logistics center belonging to the Russian online retail giant in the city of Yekaterinburg, and the company later confirmed. [4] Another Wildberries warehouse was engulfed in flames in Russia's Tula Oblast after it was targeted by Ukrainian drones overnight on Aug. 5, authorities reported. [4]
Zelensky Warns of Deepening Russia-North Korea Ties
Zelensky has recently renewed his warnings of deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, while appealing for more Western air-defence supplies. [5] On Monday, he said that Russia received “additional ballistic missiles from North Korea.” [5] Over the weekend, he alleged “a decision has been made for 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans to be deployed on the territory of Russia.” [5] Kyiv has not explained how it obtained the figures and did not provide a timeframe for the deployment. [5] But Zelensky is urging allies in the Asia-Pacific to supply air defence to Kyiv in order to counter Pyongyang’s capabilities. [5] Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defence pact in 2024, ahead of Pyongyang sending troops to help push Ukrainian forces out of Russia’s Kursk region. [5] In recent weeks, Russia has considerably stepped-up strikes with ballistic missiles — a fast and powerful weapon that is hard to intercept. [5] Only the most advanced air defence, such as the US-made Patriot system, is capable of intercepting them. [5] Ukraine has been reporting an acute shortage of Patriot interceptors since the US-Israeli war against Iran began in February. [5] Kyiv has also boosted its own long-range drone strikes against Russia, hitting oil infrastructure and e-commerce warehouses in counterattacks it says are justified and designed to crimp Moscow’s logistics and revenue sources. [5] The latest spiral of escalation has brought the civilian death toll in Ukraine to the highest since the war’s first months in 2022, according to the United Nations. [5]
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