Russian industrial sites on fire after Ukrainian drone attacks

Russia’s top online retailer Wildberries says it has evacuated warehouses in Ryazan.Ukrainian drone attacks have hit industrial facilities in Russia’s western city of Ryazan, causing several to catch fire and forcing major retailer Wildberries to evacuate its local warehouses, according to authorities.Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said 45 drones were shot down over the region overnight Tuesday, with falling debris causing a fire in an “industrial area” and damaging a home and a building. Six people were hospitalised with injuries, he said in a post on Telegram.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strikelist 2 of 3Russia and Ukraine trade attacks, killing 10, including child in Chernihivlist 3 of 3Moment Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Belgorodend of listThe report comes as Ukraine ramps up attacks on Russian industrial sites, including those belonging to Wildberries, which Kyiv accuses of helping to supply the Russian army.Drones have damaged at least seven Wildberries warehouses in the past several days, destroying about 10 percent of the company’s storage capacity, disrupting operations and inflicting losses ‌on tens of thousands of small businesses that sell goods and services on the platform, according to the company and local authorities.Russian attacks hit Kherson, DnipropetrovskSeparately, a woman was killed ⁠and a man injured after missile debris hit an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov, home to various industrial facilities and a grain terminal, ⁠regional Governor Yury Slyusar said.In Ukraine’s Kherson, a man was killed and another three people wounded in a Russian ⁠drone attack, local authorities said.Five people, including a child, were also injured in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, where Russia carried out dozens of attacks, using drones, aerial bombs and artillery, the head of the local military administration said.