Russian State TV Covers Up Massive Fires After Drone Strikes on Wildberries Warehouses
Russian state television deliberately withheld video footage and photographs documenting apocalyptic fires at Wildberries warehouses following Ukrainian drone strikes. At least eight people were killed and over 80 injured in the attacks.
Russian propaganda has hidden from the public video recordings showing smoke-covered Moscow and Tambov regions after Ukrainian drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses, which were used to supply Russia's military-industrial complex, according to Ukrainian media outlet Dialog.ua.
News broadcasts on state television channels such as Rossiya 1, Channel One, and NTV did not show any photographs or video footage of the extensive fires in Elektrostal and Kotovsk. Instead, propagandists displayed screenshots of statements by Russian officials on social media.
Meanwhile, social networks continue to fill with new photos and videos revealing the true scale of the fires. Workers at the Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal complained that management did not allow them to leave the burning building after the drone strike.
As a result of the attack, seven people died at the Wildberries warehouse in Kotovsk (Tambov region), and one more died after the strike in Elektrostal (Moscow region). In total, at least 86 people were injured: 25 in Kotovsk and 61 in the Moscow region.
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