Expert Suggests FP-1 Drones Were Used in Yekaterinburg Attack

FP-1 Drones Linked to Yekaterinburg Attack, Expert Says

22:59 25-07-2026

A military expert says an FP-1 drone may have been used in the Yekaterinburg attack, where falling debris sparked a 300-square-meter fire in a nearby car park.

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Ukrainian forces may have used FP-1 drones in the attack on Yekaterinburg, according to retired special forces colonel and military analyst Anatoly Matviychuk.

He suggested that the aircraft may have been selected because of its long operational range, which he estimated at about 3,000 kilometres.

Matviychuk also raised the possibility that the strike involved sabotage groups operating inside Russia. In his assessment, the drones could have been launched from Russian territory by concealed Ukrainian sleeper cells.

Sverdlovsk Region Governor Denis Pasler reported a Ukrainian drone raid on July 25. Debris from one of the aircraft fell on a car park in Yekaterinburg’s Chkalovsky district, starting a fire that spread across roughly 300 square metres.

Pasler said no economic or infrastructure facilities were damaged, and no injuries were reported.

Witnesses said the fire broke out at a car park on Perspektivnaya Street near a Wildberries warehouse.

The company later temporarily suspended operations at the logistics facility and evacuated its employees. Wildberries said the complex itself had not been damaged and that staff were removed in line with safety procedures.