A Ukrainian drone strike on a warehouse in the Moscow region claimed at least five lives and left 10 others wounded during an overnight attack on Monday, regional governor Andrei Vorobyov reported. The strike targeted an industrial site in Novoselki, Chekhov, approximately 69 kilometers south of Moscow. Vorobyov indicated that a warehouse was set ablaze, while damage also occurred to an electrical substation and an administration building. Of those injured, seven were listed in moderate condition with one in serious condition.
Ukrainian media identified the facility as being connected to Wildberries, a major Russian e-commerce company often compared to Amazon. The company confirmed that its warehouse in St. Petersburg was also targeted overnight, alongside facilities in the Tver region. Ukrainian authorities have characterized the Wildberries depots as military supply centers, a claim the Russian government has disputed. No official statement from Wildberries confirmed the nature of the targeted warehouses in the Moscow region.
Russia responded with its own strikes across Ukrainian territory, resulting in multiple casualties. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service documented an 89-year-old woman killed in Mykolaiv, along with a two-year-old and 12-year-old girl among seven injured. In the Sumy region, three people including two girls aged five and 10 were killed, with four additional injuries reported. Russian strikes also affected Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, where two people were wounded, and Dnipro, where a food warehouse caught fire.
Russia’s defence ministry stated it intercepted and destroyed 320 drones overnight. This attack follows a previous incident in which a beach in Russia’s Krasnodar region was struck by a drone, killing seven and injuring 58 according to Russian figures. Regional officials attributed that incident to deliberate civilian targeting, which Ukraine has not addressed. Both nations continue to deny deliberately targeting civilian populations.
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