Ukraine strikes major oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan Oblast, Zelensky says, Wildberries warehouse also reportedly hit

Editor's note: This is a developing story.

Ukrainian forces struck a major oil refinery and a logistics center in Ryazan, around 360 kilometers (224 miles) from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 29.

Ukraine's General Staff separately confirmed the strike on the Ryazan Oil Refinery, saying it caused a fire on the facility's grounds.

Owned by Rosneft, the Ryazan Oil Refinery produces upwards of 17.1 million tons of oil per year and accounts for roughly 5% of the Russia's total processing output.

The facility has been a regular target of Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure. A strike in May forced the Ryazan Oil Refinery to temporarily halt operations, contributing to a nationwide fuel crisis as Ukraine hammered refineries across Russia.

Zelensky did not identify the logistics center, though local residents and monitoring channels earlier reported that the facility was a Wildberries warehouse.

Zelensky also confirmed a strike on a Russian Black Sea Fleet speedboat base in occupied Crimea, as well as attacks on an export terminal and military facility in Rostov Oblast, and an oil refinery in Russia's Perm region.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) later claimed responsibility for the attack in Perm, revealing that the target was the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery, located more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from Ukraine.

A fire reportedly broke out after drones hit the facility. Preliminary information indicated that a primary oil-processing unit, one of the refinery’s key installations, was burning.

The refinery is one of Russia’s largest, with an annual processing capacity of nearly 13 million metric tons. According to the SBU, it supplies fuel to both the civilian sector and the Russian military.

The General Staff also reported strikes on the speedboat base near Mizhvodne in occupied Crimea and a Russian radar station near Pochep in Bryansk Oblast.

In Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian forces struck a site used to store, prepare, and launch attack drones in Donetsk, a logistics warehouse in Portivske, and a road bridge near Vyselky used by Russian forces for military logistics, according to the statement.

Earlier, Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavel Malkov reported a "massive" drone attack on the region, saying that air defenses had been activated and fires had broken out in industrial areas. Six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, he said.

The reported strike comes amid a sustained Ukrainian campaign targeting facilities linked to the Russian e-commerce company, with several Wildberries sites reportedly hit over the past week.

Wildberries offers a number of dual-use items that can be used on the battlefield against Ukraine on its platform, including bulletproof vests and fiber-optic cable for drones.

Following the July attacks, the company reportedly hid these goods from search results for the keywords "everything for the SVO" and "SVO" — the Russian acronym for "special military operation," the Kremlin's official euphemism for the all-out war in Ukraine.

The company plays a significant role in Russia's consumer economy, accounting for almost 50% of Russia's online retail market. Wildberries has recently launched an advertising campaign urging Russians to support the platform's sellers in the wake of Ukraine's warehouse strikes.

Billboards in occupied Crimea have begun featuring these messages, according to local Telegram channels.

Following the reported attack on July 29, Wildberries announced on its website that access to the Ryazan warehouse had been "temporarily restricted."

"We will provide further information when operations are restored," the company said.