Smoke billowed over the Energia defense plant in Yelets early on 15 July after overnight drone attacks struck three Russian oblasts, with officials reporting 55 intercepted UAVs and multiple casualties in Voronezh city center.
In Podolsk, a Russian air defense missile became stuck in a residential building. In Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast, downed drone wreckage fell on a playground, setting a slide ablaze.
Ukrainian drones hit the permanent base of Russia’s 112th missile brigade, targeting the unit linked to the recent Sumy strike that killed 36 and wounded 129, including ten children.
Russian regions reported numerous explosions and alleged drone interceptions as Ukrainian forces conducted extensive strikes, focusing on the Volgograd facility.
Over a few days, Ukrainian drones hit oil depots in Russia's Voronezh, Kaluga, and Tula oblasts, and destroyed a Nebo-SVU radar, crippling Moscow's logistics.
A drone attack set an oil depot ablaze in Russia's Voronezh Oblast. Concurrently, a fire erupted at an oil storage facility in Perm Krai, about 1,500 km from Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed shooting down 18 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Ukrainian forces reportedly launched a drone attack on Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, targeting bomb warehouses, Su-35 and Su-34 jets, and fuel storage to disrupt operations.