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Russia's Moscow came under a strong overnight Ukrainian drone strike on Sunday. The attack is being touted as one of the largest to have targeted the region,
leaving several dead. Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said that an 83-year-old man was killed, with several more injured in Podolsk when drones hit warehouse belonging to Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries. Drones struck several other sites, including at a warehouse in the town of Domodedovo, close to one of Moscow's main airports, Governor Vorobyov said. Videos filmed by Reuters showed apocalyptic scenes, documenting destruction post the strike on Wildberries' Koledino warehouse. Dramatic footages showed large plume of smoke over the site.
Ukraine Targeting Wildberries Handling Military Goods
Ukraine has been targeting Wildberries, which it accuses of handling military goods, in recent weeks as part of a wider bid to damage Russian economic infrastructure it sees as underpinning Moscow's military campaign.
Kyiv Ramps Up Use of Long-Range Missiles
Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has also increasingly pummeled giant Wildberries depots, burning billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise belonging to the Russian online retail giant. Those attacks have brought the war home to the Russian public nearly four and a half years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukraine also came under Russian attack, with drone strikes destroying homes and torching Kyiv's landmark book market.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third of those destroyed over the Moscow region itself.
A drone attack targeted three towns in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region, killing five people, local Gov. Yury Slyusar said. The attack, with more than 150 drones, damaged several homes and a railway station and sparked a forest fire.
With inputs from Reuters
