Zelenskyy: warehouses attacked in Russia supplied components for drone production

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that logistics facilities struck in Russia's Moscow and Tambov oblasts were used to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment.

Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "In response to Russian strikes on our civilian infrastructure and on our cities and communities, two major logistics facilities were hit – in Moscow and Tambov oblasts, more than 500 and nearly 700 kilometres from the front line."

Details: Zelenskyy said these facilities are involved in supplying sanctioned components for the production of drones and navigation equipment.

He also reported strikes on an oil facility, targets in the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, and in Russian-occupied Crimea.

He thanked servicemembers of the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) for carrying out these tasks.

Background:

• Moscow and Moscow Oblast came under a large-scale drone attack on the night of 17-18 July. Fires broke out at an oil depot and a logistics centre belonging to Wildberries, the largest Russian online retailer, in the towns of Noginsk and Elektrostal near Moscow, with Russian authorities reporting dozens of people affected.
• Ukrainian drones attacked the town of Kotovsk in Russia's Tambov Oblast, causing a fire at a logistics centre.

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