Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks on the Moscow region overnight, with Russian officials claiming more than 400 unmanned aerial vehicles targeted the capital and surrounding areas, igniting fires at major logistics facilities, an oil depot, and a residential building.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels and Russian media reports, FP-1 drones struck one of Wildberries’ largest logistics centers in Koledino, near Podolsk.
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Videos verified by Russian outlet Astra appeared to show at least two large fires and thick black smoke rising from the area.
Wildberries denied its warehouse sustained damage but said the facility was evacuated as a precaution.
“All personnel at the site left the building in an orderly manner,” the company said in a statement published by the pro-war Telegram channel Dva Mayora.
The attack also reportedly hit an oil depot in Podolsk’s Lvovsky district and another major logistics complex in the Yuzhnye Vorota industrial park near Domodedovo, a distribution hub spanning more than 650,000 square meters (160 acres).
Astra reported at least five separate fire sites across the Moscow Oblast.
A drone also slammed into a residential apartment building in Domodedovo. According to Astra, six people, including three foreign nationals, were hospitalized with blast-related injuries of varying severity.
Moscow Oblast Governor Andrei Vorobyov acknowledged the attack, claiming Russian air defenses had “repelled” it.
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He said one person was injured after a private home caught fire in Domodedovo, while another was hurt on the M-4 highway when a drone fell near a passing vehicle.
Vorobyov added that falling drone debris sparked fires and damaged civilian infrastructure in Podolsk. A private home burned in the village of Maloye Tolbino, while a car and a house were damaged in Odintsovo. No casualties were reported there.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 400 drones approached the Moscow region between 8:30 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday.
He claimed most were intercepted before reaching the capital, with 85 drones shot down on their final approach to Moscow.
The latest strike marks the second reported attack on Russia’s logistics infrastructure in just three days.
On the night of July 18, Ukrainian drones struck two Wildberries warehouses – one in Elektrostal, east of Moscow, and another in Russia’s Tambov Oblast.
The attack on the Elektrostal facility triggered a massive fire that sent a plume of smoke visible more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) away and damaged up to 15% of Wildberries’ total warehouse capacity. Firefighters were still battling the blaze more than a day later.
The fire destroyed warehouse facilities and merchandise belonging to thousands of third-party sellers. Russian media reported that some entrepreneurs estimated their losses in the millions of rubles and were scrambling to secure financing to keep their businesses operating.
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