Wildberries hunts for storage space in Kazakhstan amid Ukrainian strikes

Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Wednesday that Wildberries is seeking 100,000 square metres of storage space in neighbouring Kazakhstan to protect its goods from Ukrainian strikes.

In the ⁠Urals city of Perm, around 1,600 km from Ukrainian-held territory, governor Dmitry Makhonin said Ukrainian drones had hit an industrial facility but caused no casualties. He did not name the facility.

Namita Singh29 July 2026 11:30

Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with facilitating terrorism

Russia's ​Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities, and that ⁠it had issued an international warrant for his arrest.

The FSB said that the charges related to Telegram's failure to remove material "used by ⁠Ukrainian special services ​and ⁠by terrorist and extremist organisations to prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and ⁠terrorism, mass killings, and cyber-fraud operations within ​the ⁠Russian Federation."

Telegram, an encrypted messenger app founded in ‌2013, says it has more ‌than 1 billion users, and is widely used on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Daniel Keane29 July 2026 11:20

Three killed in Ukrainian strikes, Russia says

A woman has died and a man was injured after missile debris hit an apartment building in Taganrog, a port city on the Sea of Azov in Russia that's home to various industrial facilities and a grain terminal, according to Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar.

On the Crimean peninsula, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, Moscow-backed governor Sergei Aksyonov said that two people had been killed ‌and five injured in overnight drone strikes from Ukraine.

Namita Singh29 July 2026 11:10

Wildberries warehouse on fire following Ukrainian strike

A Wildberries warehouse was ablaze on Wednesday in Ryazan, a region south of Moscow and around 500km from Ukrainian-held territory, according to local Russian officials. Ukraine said earlier that it had successfully carried out long-range strikes on the region.

Ryazan governor Pavel Malkov said industrial sites had caught fire and six people were ‌seeking medical help.

Wildberries said its Ryazan site had been evacuated and had ‌stopped accepting deliveries of goods. Video footage on social media, verified by Reuters, showed a large blaze at Wildberries' Ryazan facility.

Namita Singh29 July 2026 10:57

Ukrainian drones strike targets across Russia, including refineries and a Wildberries warehouse

Ukrainian drones hit oil refineries and logistics facilities in the Russian cities of Perm, Ryazan and Taganrog, as well as the Crimean peninsula overnight, with the country's top online retailer Wildberries evacuating its Ryazan warehouse.

While Ukraine's air defences are running low on interceptors like Patriot missiles, leaving it more exposed to Russian strikes, its own deep-strike drone production has outpaced Russia's, enabling it to hit Russian oil refineries and infrastructure and cause fuel shortages across its 11 time zones.

Drone strikes have damaged at least seven Wildberries warehouses in the past few days, destroying around 10 per cent of the company's storage capacity and inflicting losses on tens of thousands of small businesses that sell goods and services via the platform, according to the company and local authorities.

In a statement, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces had ⁠struck oil refineries in Perm and Ryazan, a logistics centre in Ryazan, an export terminal and military plant ​in the ⁠Rostov region, as well as a naval ‌base in Crimea.

Namita Singh29 July 2026 10:55

Watch: Ukraine gunner shoots down attack drones with rifle from open cockpit

Daniel Keane29 July 2026 10:50

Russia claims to have taken two more Ukrainian villages

Russia's defence ministry ⁠said on Wednesday that its ⁠forces ​had ⁠taken the ⁠village ​of ⁠Svitle in Ukraine's ‌eastern Donetsk region ‌as well ‌as Nova ⁠Sich, a village in the northeastern Sumy region, state ‌news ​agency ‌RIA reported.

There was no immediate response from Ukraine to the claims.

Namita Singh29 July 2026 10:42

Russian retailer Wildberries evacuates its logistics hub in Ryazan

Russian online retailer Wildberries has evacuated its ⁠logistics hub in the central Russian ⁠city ​of Ryazan in ⁠accordance with safety ⁠requirements, the ​company ⁠said in a ‌Telegram post.

It did not ‌provide other details. ‌A number of ⁠industrial facilities in Ryazan caught fire after a drone attack, regional governor Pavel Malkov ‌said ​on Telegram ‌earlier ⁠on Wednesday, without ⁠providing details.

Daniel Keane29 July 2026 10:20

Ukraine strikes several Russian facilities, Zelensky says

Ukraine has struck several targets in Russia, president Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing them as "facilities that work to support and prolong the war".

Zelensky said that ⁠a logistics centre ​in ⁠the city ‌of Ryazan, an oil refinery in the ‌Perm region, ‌as well as an export terminal ⁠and a military enterprise in the Rostov region had been struck.

He also reported a strike on a site where the Russian Black Sea Fleet's high-speed boats are based in Russia-occupied Crimea.

Earlier, Russian online retailer Wildberries said it had evacuated its logistics hub in the central Russian city of Ryazan in accordance with safety requirements.

It did not ‌provide other details in a Telegram post about the incident. ‌A number of ⁠industrial facilities in Ryazan caught fire after a drone attack, regional governor Pavel Malkov ‌said ​on Telegram ‌earlier ⁠on Wednesday.

Namita Singh29 July 2026 10:15

Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery

Ukraine's military struck ⁠Russia's Ryazan oil ⁠refinery ​overnight, ⁠the ⁠General ​Staff said ⁠on Wednesday.

It ‌said on Telegram ‌that ‌a ⁠strike on the target was recorded, resulting ‌in ​a ‌fire.

Daniel Keane29 July 2026 09:50