Contents tagged with Volgograd

  • Tragic outcomes for Russian recruits: missing soldiers highlight severe frontline losses

    Startling information has emerged about the significant losses suffered by Russian forces in the war against Ukraine. Prisoners from Volgograd Oblast, recruited into the Russian Armed Forces in April 2024, have reportedly been killed on the frontline within weeks, according to the Russian news outlet ASTRA.

    According to a report, three buses originally departed full of 108 recruits; 102 are yet to return home after being declared missing. These unsettling figures were shared by the mother of …

  • Drone attacks rock Russia’s Volgograd region: explosions and fire at Marinovka military airfield

    In the early hours of August 22, explosions rocked the Russian city of Kalach-na-Donu in the Volgograd region, reportedly linked to a drone attack.

    According to media reports, Russian air defense forces allegedly shot down at least two drones. Local residents reported numerous explosions at the "Marinovka" airfield.

    Russian media reported that one of the drones was destroyed "several kilometers from the airfield," while the debris of the second UAV "fell on a nearby storage unit, causing it …

  • Ukrainian drones attack Volgograd oil refinery and other Russian facilities

    Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), under the Ministry of Defense, is reported to be responsible for the attack on the Volgograd oil refinery in the early hours of May 12. Public broadcaster Suspilne reports, citing sources, GUR drones also struck two other sites in Russia the same night.

    The UAVs targeted not only the Volgograd refinery but also the Kaluganefteprodukt oil depot in the settlement of Chelovekovo in the Kaluga region and the Novolipetsk steel plant in Russia's …

  • Ukrainian drone strike paralyzes major Russian oil refinery in Volgograd

    The LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery is reportedly paralyzed for an extended period following a drone strike overnight, which destroyed essential equipment, reported the Russian Telegram Kremlyovskaya Tabakerka.

    "One of the drones hit a large storage tank for petroleum products, causing a massive fire that took several hours to extinguish. Unfortunately, a second unmanned aerial vehicle also reached the oil depot, damaging the pump station. Our sources note that the functioning of …