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National emergency in Spain due to forest fires

This Friday, the government of Spain activated the declaration of national emergency due to the magnitude of the forest fires. The flames have forced the evacuation of approximately 20 thousand people, mainly in towns near Madrid.

The crisis also reaches the south of France. More than 60 thousand inhabitants have had to leave their homes due to the advance of the fire.

Pedro Sánchez, president of the Spanish government, described the situation as “dramatic” and expressed his solidarity with the affected families.

The declaration of emergency allows the Ministry of the Interior to coordinate response efforts in different autonomous communities. It is expected that in the next few hours air and ground resources will be reinforced to contain the fires.

The authorities recommend that the population stay informed and follow evacuation instructions. So far no deaths have been reported, although the material damage is significant.

Drone attacks against logistics centers

Drone attacks launched by Ukraine against several fulfillment centers of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, caused large fires. At least nine people died and dozens were injured. The fires affected a significant part of the country’s commercial infrastructure.

Wildberries, founded in 2004 by entrepreneur Tatyana Kim, is Russia’s leading e-commerce platform. It has more than 200 logistics centers and concentrates more than 50% of the country’s online orders. The company also operates in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Crimea, a territory annexed by Russia in 2014, and works with hundreds of thousands of sellers.

These offensives are part of kyiv’s strategy to weaken the Russian economy and hinder the Kremlin’s war effort. The damage is still being assessed, but is expected to have repercussions on the local economy. The magnitude of the impact on Russian commercial infrastructure is significant.

Ukraine advances in production of Patriot interceptors

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in kyiv with executives from Raytheon, the American firm that manufactures Patriot air defense systems. The objective: to carry out a project for the joint production of interceptors, essential to protect the country from Russian ballistic missiles.

The meeting occurred weeks after Donald Trump announced that he would grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the Patriots. Zelenskyy assured that both parties will maintain permanent contact to close the agreement. However, specialists warn that local production could take several years.

Drone offensive in Russian territory

While strengthening its air defense, Ukraine maintains a drone campaign against strategic targets inside Russia. In recent days, they attacked logistics centers for Wildberries—the country’s largest online retailer—as well as an oil facility and a military plant located more than a thousand kilometers from the border.

Ukrainian authorities maintain that these attacks seek to weaken Russian logistical and economic capacity, in addition to bringing the effects of the conflict to enemy territory. For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that it shot down 571 Ukrainian drones overnight.

The war enters a new phase marked by military technology and long-range attacks. Ukraine seeks to strengthen itself with American support, as Russia faces growing pressure over damage to its strategic infrastructure.