# Ukraine's largest drone strike of the year targets Wildberries warehouses and a missile plant, killing at least 6 in Russia
> Ukraine launched what Meduza described as one of its biggest strikes on Russia in 2026, sending 571 drones against 15 regions overnight on July 24; Ukrainian drones hit Wildberries e-commerce warehouses in the St. Petersburg region for the third time in under a week, while a separate drone attack in the Kirov region killed at least 6 people and struck a plant linked to missile production

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-24 · heads: كيف تنتهي الحروب فعلاً, ما الذي تعطّل · 6 takes · 6 lenses · 4 regions

## Summary

Ukraine sent at least 571 drones into Russian territory overnight on July 23-24, according to Russia's Defense Ministry, in what Meduza called one of Ukraine's biggest single-night strikes of 2026. The operation targeted 15 regions and the Black Sea and Azov coastline. In the St. Petersburg region, drones hit warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest e-commerce retailer, for the third time in less than a week, co-founder Tatyana Kim confirmed. A separate strike in the Kirov Region hit a plant linked to missile production and killed at least 6 people. In prior nights, Ukrainian drones had also struck an oil refinery and a pumping station. The Kyiv Independent had documented an earlier Wildberries attack on July 22-23, noting it as a deliberate targeting of civilian logistics infrastructure.

## The split

Meduza and The Moscow Times, both operating outside Russia, led with the scale of the drone wave (571 confirmed intercepts) and the Wildberries name recognition. Kyiv Independent framed the Wildberries as "Russia's Amazon," emphasising that striking a retailer best known for consumer goods represents a deliberate Ukrainian strategy to degrade dual-use logistics. Russia's Defense Ministry statement on intercept numbers was the primary official Russian voice; no Kremlin comment on the Kirov deaths appeared in the feed by publication time.

## By the numbers

- 571, Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defenses in a single night, over 15 regions
- 3, times Wildberries warehouses have been struck in under one week
- 6, people killed in the Kirov region strike
- 15, Russian regions and the Crimean coast targeted in the July 24 operation

## Why it matters

Repeated strikes on Wildberries logistics infrastructure signal a Ukrainian doctrine of targeting large-scale civilian-commercial nodes that also serve military supply chains, rather than exclusively military sites. The Kirov plant link to missile production, if confirmed, would mark a strategic gain. Russia's claim of 571 interceptions, if accurate, also reveals the scale of Ukraine's drone production and delivery capacity in mid-2026.

## What to watch

- Russian official and unofficial damage assessments from the Kirov strike and the Wildberries warehouses.
- Whether Ukraine confirms a missile-plant targeting in official statements.
- Further Wildberries strikes, which have now become a named campaign rather than opportunistic attacks.
- Russia's retaliatory strike pattern following its largest single-night drone intercept of the year.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### independent Russian-language outlet, anti-war
- **Meduza** (Russia (Latvia-based), en) — Meduza reports Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed 571 drones downed across 15 regions and the Crimean coast; frames the operation as Ukraine's largest single-night drone strike of 2026, with targets including both the Wildberries logistics network and a missile-production-linked plant.
  > "Russia's air defenses shot down 571 Ukrainian drones overnight on July 24 over 15 regions of Russia, occupied Crimea, and the Sea of Azov and Black Sea, the Defense Ministry reported."
  Source: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/24/ukraine-launches-one-of-its-biggest-strikes-on-russia-this-year-targeting-wildberries-warehouses-and-a-missile-plant

### independent English-language Russia outlet, exiled editorial staff
- **The Moscow Times** (Russia (Netherlands-based), en) — The Moscow Times confirms from Wildberries co-founder Tatyana Kim that this was the third Wildberries strike in less than a week; leads with the St. Petersburg warehouse attack and the at-least-6-dead Kirov attack, with ground-level detail not in Meduza's regional count.
  > "Ukrainian drones struck warehouses belonging to online retailer Wildberries for the third time in less than a week, co-founder Tatyana Kim confirmed Friday morning, while authorities reported that a separate attack in the Kirov region killed at least six people."
  Source: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/24/ukraine-strikes-wildberries-warehouses-in-st-petersburg-and-surrounding-region-a93327

### Ukrainian English-language, Kyiv-based
- **Kyiv Independent** (Ukraine, en) — The Kyiv Independent established the Wildberries strike pattern as far back as the night of July 22-23, labeling the retailer 'Russia's Amazon'; reported early drone strikes on an oil refinery and pumping station the same night, setting the operational context for the larger July 24 wave.
  > "Ukraine's military launched drone attacks on various Russian regions overnight on July 23, striking an oil refinery and logistics infrastructure, Russian Telegram media channels reported."
  Source: https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-target-russias-amazon-warehouse-for-second-straight-night-locals-say/

### unlabelled
- **Kyiv Independent** (Ukraine, en) — 
  Source: https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-kill-5-injure-47-across-ukraine-over-the-past-day-as-zelensky-reshapes-military-leadership/

### Ukrainian English-language; Wildberries logistics center in Russian-occupied Crimea targeted
- **Kyiv Independent (Crimea fire)** (Ukraine, en) — The Kyiv Independent reported a Wildberries logistics center in Russian-occupied Crimea caught fire after a drone strike, extending Ukraine's July 24 campaign beyond mainland Russia to the occupied peninsula and confirming Wildberries infrastructure was targeted across multiple Russian-controlled territories simultaneously.
  > "A Wildberries logistics center in Russian-occupied Crimea caught fire after a reported drone strike, extending the campaign to the occupied peninsula."
  Source: https://kyivindependent.com/wildberries-logistics-center-in-russian-occupied-crimea-catches-fire-after-reported-drone-strike/

### US-funded independent broadcaster based in Prague; connects Wildberries strikes to Manila diplomacy
- **RFE/RL** (Czech Republic, en) — RFE/RL contextualized the third Wildberries strike alongside the Rubio-Lavrov Manila talks, noting the 571-drone overnight operation constituted one of Ukraine's biggest strikes of 2026, maintaining military escalation while active US-Russia diplomacy was under way.
  > "Ukraine struck targets in several parts of Russia on July 24, including a Wildberries warehouse, as US and Russian diplomats held talks in Manila."
  Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/wildberries-russia-ukraine-strikes-us-rubio/33811940.html

## Across the graph
- Related: [[ukraine-syrskyi-drapatyi-0721]], [[ukraine-wildberries-krasnodar-0722]], [[ukraine-drone-russia-0720]]
- Entities: Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine Russia War, Shahed Drones, Fpv Drones

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