Russian forces struck a railway station at the Ukrainian Danube port of Izmail and attacked two vessels near Mykolaiv used for military cargo transport, causing damage and power outages in the area [1, 2, 3]. The attacks included a drone strike on a passenger train in Ukraine's Odesa region carrying 340 people that killed at least two, including the train's driver and assistant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "Today in the Odesa region, the Russians once again destroyed an ordinary passenger train locomotive with a jet-powered drone. There were 340 people on the train." [4, 2] Zelenskyy called for "more air defense support and more pressure on Russia" to help stop the war [2].
Ukrainian drones targeted Russian facilities in several regions. They struck an oil export hub at Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region and a warehouse belonging to Wildberries near Moscow, a logistics center Russia says supports military supply chains, which Wildberries denies [1, 5]. Ukraine also attacked the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan, causing a fire and injuring two civilians. Vitaly Korolev from the refinery said, "The resulting smoke was quickly extinguished. No employees were injured. Emergency services are on site to ensure the continued safety of the facility." [4, 2, 5] Another reported strike targeted a Roscosmos-related enterprise and an air base in Russia's Samara and Nizhny Novgorod regions [3]. Russian regional authorities reported damage and injuries from Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on industrial and logistics facilities in Samara and Tver [5, 3].
Overnight, Russian air defenses claimed to have intercepted between 362 and 598 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions including Crimea and surrounding seas, with differing figures reported by Russian sources [2, 5, 3]. The Russian air transport agency temporarily restricted flights in Moscow-area airports due to the drone threat [1].
Russian officials confirmed damage to logistics and port infrastructure in Ukraine, including ports in Izmail, Odesa, and Pivdennyi [1, 2, 3]. Alexander Drozdenko, governor of Leningrad region, said all consequences of the attack in Ust-Luga have been cleared with no casualties [5]. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev added, "An emergency response team has been formed. All emergency services are on the ground." [3]
The exchange of strikes over August 13 to 15 included attacks on ports, railways, oil refineries, logistics hubs and industrial sites resulting in infrastructure damage and casualties on both sides [4, 2, 5, 3]. Casualty figures differ with reports of two killed in the Odesa train strike and at least three killed with 22 injured overall in Ukraine's drone strikes [4, 2, 5].
