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Russia downs 328 drones overnight, evacuations and damage in Yekaterinburg and Rostov
A Wildberries logistics center in Yekaterinburg was evacuated and operations suspended overnight as Russia’s Defense Ministry reported downing 328 Ukrainian drones. Five people were injured and multiple buildings damaged in the Rostov region, officials said.
The Wildberries logistics complex in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, was evacuated due to security reasons and operations were temporarily suspended. The company's press service said the logistics facility's activities were halted but a return to normal was expected soon. The statement also stressed that no damage occurred at the complex.
Prior to this, images reportedly showing an attack near the Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg circulated on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels. In recent days, the company's large warehouses in different regions have been targeted by Ukrainian drones.
Yekaterinburg Governor Denis Paseer said on Telegram that drone debris falling in the Chkalov district caused a fire in a parking lot, with flames spreading over 300 square meters.
The fire has been brought under control, there is no risk of it spreading. No deaths or injuries, and no damage to economic or infrastructure facilities.
Meanwhile, Rostov Region Governor Yuriy Slyusar announced that the region was subjected to heavy air attacks overnight. In a Telegram post, Slyusar said,
The overnight attack resulted in serious consequences. Five people were injured: four men in Rostov-on-Don and one person in the Krasnosulinsky district. All the injured received medical care, two were hospitalized. Doctors are doing what is necessary.
The governor said that debris falling in the Sovietsky and Zheleznodorozhny districts of Rostov caused partial damage to two apartment buildings, two single-family houses, high-rise buildings under construction, commercial facilities and warehouses, and the resulting fires were extinguished. He also reported that the infrastructure and administrative building of the 'Novoshakhtinsk' border crossing in the Krasnosulinsky district sustained partial damage, the fire was brought under control, and traffic restrictions were imposed. Damage also occurred to a private house in the Azov district and commercial structures in the Myasnikovsky district.
Russia's Defense Ministry stated that between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. overnight, air defense systems destroyed 328 Ukrainian-made drones over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kirov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tula, Ulyanovsk regions, Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea, Chuvashia, Mari El, Bashkortostan, Kalmykia and the Sea of Azov.
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