Deadly Ukrainian Drone Strikes Hit Western Russia
Overnight Ukrainian drone strikes killed seven workers, injured dozens, and targeted logistics centres across western Russia and the Moscow region.
Ukrainian drone strikes caused heavy damage across western Russia and the Moscow region overnight, leaving seven people dead and at least 24 others injured, officials said on Saturday.
The dead were all night-shift workers at a Wildberries logistics centre in Kotovsk, located in Russia’s Tambov region. Regional Governor Evgeny Pervyshov said the drones struck the commercial site during the night. “Seven night-shift employees were killed when enemy UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) hit a Wildberries logistics centre,” he said. He also reported that early information showed another 24 workers suffered injuries.
Wildberries, one of Russia’s biggest e-commerce and logistics companies, confirmed that the attacks disrupted its operations. The company said drones targeted both its Kotovsk facility and another logistics hub in Elektrostal, within the wider Moscow region. Emergency crews brought the fire at the Tambov site under control, while firefighters continued tackling the blaze in Elektrostal on Saturday morning.
The Moscow region also faced a major overnight attack. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 370 drones headed towards the area. Posting on the state-backed MAX media platform, he said Russian air defences intercepted most of them before they reached the capital.
“Most were neutralised by air defense forces at distant approaches. 64 enemy UAVs were destroyed on approach to Moscow,” the mayor reported.
The latest Ukrainian drone strikes mark another step up in the long-range aerial campaign that Kyiv says responds to Russia’s repeated air attacks on Ukrainian territory. At the same time, international efforts to end the war have lost momentum. US-led diplomatic efforts have stalled in recent months, while analysts say Washington has shifted more of its foreign policy and security attention towards its ongoing conflict with Iran.
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