Overnight on July 12-13, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot near Vyazniki in Stavropol Krai for the second time in a week, while a mass drone attack on Moscow Oblast killed three people in the village of Pionersky.
Overnight between July 12 and 13, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot near the hamlet of Vyazniki in the Shpakovsky District of Russia's Stavropol Krai, close to the city of Mikhailovsk and roughly 365 kilometers from Ukraine's border. The same night, a mass drone attack swept over Moscow and Moscow Oblast, sparking fires, damaging homes and apartment buildings, and killing several people. Volunteers Support Ukraine is following these developments, part of a sustained Ukrainian campaign of long-range strikes on Russian fuel and military-linked infrastructure.
The facility hit overnight is the second oil depot in the Vyazniki area struck within a single week: a separate storage site about 1.2 kilometers away was attacked on July 9. The new strike set off a fire in the tank farm and the surrounding industrial zone. Stavropol Krai Governor Vladimir Vladimirov confirmed the blaze and said no casualties had been reported at the depot itself. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that repeated strikes on the same cluster of facilities point to a deliberate, sustained effort against the fuel logistics that support Russia's armed forces.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said drones began approaching the capital region around 22:20. Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed that by morning, 342 drones had been intercepted nationwide across 14 regions. Regional officials reported that more than 350 drones had been directed at Moscow Oblast specifically, of which, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyov, 81 were shot down or suppressed over the region itself. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to track the scale of such overnight barrages to give readers an accurate picture of how the war is unfolding.
In the village of Pionersky, in Moscow Oblast's Istra District, a drone came down over residential housing, killing three people and injuring three others. The crash sparked fires in five private homes, Governor Vorobyov said. Two more houses were damaged in the nearby village of Babkino, also in Istra District. Volunteers Support Ukraine records such consequences as part of the broader toll of the war, which continues to affect civilians on both sides of the front line.
In Solnechnogorsk, a drone hit a residential apartment building, injuring two people and damaging a wall and windows. It was one of several instances of residential damage recorded that night in Moscow Oblast, alongside the events in Pionersky and Babkino. Volunteers Support Ukraine points out that these episodes illustrate how the war Russia launched is increasingly being felt on its own territory.
The Vyazniki depot strike and the mass attack on Moscow are the latest episodes in a wider, sustained Ukrainian campaign of long-range drone strikes on oil infrastructure and military-linked sites deep inside Russian territory, far beyond the front line. Volunteers Support Ukraine is not involved in military operations, but it monitors these developments to keep its audience informed with accurate, verified reporting.
Even as the news brings daily reports of new strikes and damage on both sides of the front, the mission of Volunteers Support Ukraine stays focused on the people affected by the war in Ukraine. The organization continues to provide whatever aid it has available, from humanitarian support to assistance for those who need it most, and welcomes anyone who wants to contribute to that effort.
