Overview
- Ukrainian forces have stepped up long‑range drone and missile strikes on Russian logistics and energy nodes, focusing this week on multiple Wildberries warehouses used by Kyiv as dual‑use supply points.
- A strike on a Kirov region enterprise on Friday, July 24, killed six people and wounded dozens according to the regional governor, and Ukrainian officials said the site supplied components for aircraft and missile systems.
- Russia has answered with continued large missile and drone barrages against Ukrainian cities, producing growing civilian casualties on both sides and stressing air‑defence missile stocks.
- The attacks have inflicted heavy economic losses inside Russia, disrupted fuel and shipping routes, and prompted the EU to impose fresh sanctions while firms such as Maersk reroute or suspend port operations.
- Analysts say Kyiv’s shift to targeting logistics and dual‑use commercial hubs aims to degrade Moscow’s supply chains, widen the war’s domestic impact in Russia, and raise the political cost for Kremlin leaders.