Ukraine says major Russian oil refinery and airfield hit, as Moscow reports eight deaths

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Russia's military says it attacked Ukraine's ports and vessels in the Black Sea overnight.

 2 August 2026Image source, Zelenskiy / Official

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President Zelensky described the latest Ukrainian strikes arsenic "our long-range sanctions" against Russian facilities helium says concern Moscow's war

Ukraine has said it carried retired overnight strikes heavy wrong Russia, hitting a large lipid refinery and an airfield that houses Russian strategical aviation.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Engels airfield and the refinery, some successful the Saratov portion immoderate 600km (373miles) from Ukraine's border, were hit. An lipid depot was besides struck successful Kaluga portion and a drone motorboat tract successful Bryansk.

Russia said 8 radical were killed successful the Ukrainian strikes, and 635 drones changeable down oregon intercepted. It besides reported yet different onslaught connected a warehouse of Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries.

Meanwhile, Moscow said its forces attacked overnight 2 Ukrainian ports and 2 vessels successful the Black Sea.

Later connected Sunday, Ukraine said 1 idiosyncratic was killed successful a Russian onslaught connected a postal terminal adjacent the north-eastern metropolis of Kharkiv.

Both Russia and Ukraine person precocious intensified attacks focusing connected large cities, vigor facilities and warehouses, arsenic the immense beforehand enactment remains virtually static and US-led mediation attempts to extremity the warfare person shown nary breakthrough.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022.

In Sunday's station connected societal media, President Zelensky described the latest Ukrainian strikes arsenic "our long-range sanctions" against Russian facilities that helium says concern Moscow's war.

He said the Engels airfield and Saratov lipid refinery were "strategic facilities".

The Ukrainian subject said successful a abstracted connection that its onslaught triggered a blaze astatine the airfield - 1 of the main bases of Russia's strategical aviation.

It said Tu-95MC and Tu-160 bombers were regularly utilizing Engels to motorboat rocket strikes against Ukraine.

Saratov determination Governor Roman Busargin admitted that "a drone onslaught caused harm to civilian infrastructure successful Saratov and Engels". He aboriginal said that 2 radical were killed.

Separately, 3 radical were reported killed successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected a civilian conveyance successful Russia's Udmurtia region, and different 3 successful the Belgorod portion bordering Ukraine.

 2 August 2026Image source, Rozetka

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Ukraine's large online retailer Rozetka said its largest warehouse was deed by Russian drones overnight

In the Samara region, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev described a onslaught connected a Wildberries warehouse that caused a occurrence arsenic "yet different violent act" by Ukraine.

The politician reported nary casualties successful the overnight attack.

In caller weeks, Ukraine has deed a fig of Wildberries logistics hubs, describing them arsenic morganatic targets providing the Russian subject with drone components, navigation instrumentality and different gear.

Wildberries - often described arsenic Russia's Amazon - employs immoderate 48,000 people.

Ukraine's attacks are reported to person had a superior interaction connected the Russian economy, particularly connected hundreds of tiny and mid-sized businesses utilizing the retailer.

Meanwhile, Russia has been precocious targeting warehouses of Ukraine's Nova Poshta postal institution and large online retailers similar Rozetka.

Rozetka said its largest warehouse was deed overnight by Russian drones, but reported nary injuries.