Ukrainian Drone Strikes on Russian Warehouses Kill at Least Five
Three warehouses in Russia were targeted by Ukrainian drones overnight, with at least five people killed in an attack near Moscow. Two sites belonging to online retailer Wildberries were also hit, though no casualties were reported there.
Over the past two weeks, Wildberries has faced near-daily attacks. In the latest wave, Ukrainian drones struck three warehouses in different parts of Russia overnight, killing at least five people and wounding ten, officials said on Tuesday.
Two of the targeted facilities belonged to Wildberries, a major online retailer. One warehouse in the Leningrad region caught fire after a drone strike, but the company said there were no injuries. Another Wildberries site in the Tver region was damaged, with acting regional governor Vitaly Korolyov confirming no one was hurt.
The deadliest incident took place in the Moscow region, which is home to roughly 22 million people. A warehouse in the city of Chekhov was hit, and Governor Andrei Vorobyov reported five deaths and ten injuries. He did not say who owned that facility.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that between Monday night and Tuesday morning, it intercepted 320 Ukrainian drones across Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine has attacked nearly two dozen Wildberries logistics centers since mid-July. Kyiv argues that the company supplies the Russian military with drone parts and other equipment. According to Forbes Russia, the strikes have destroyed a significant part of the e-commerce firm’s storage capacity and cost third-party merchants hundreds of billions of rubles.
Kyiv did not immediately take responsibility for Tuesday’s attacks.
