A Ukrainian drone strike on a logistics facility in western Russia has left seven people dead and 24 others injured, regional authorities said on Saturday, as the Moscow region faced another large-scale overnight drone assault.
Kyiv has intensified attacks on military and infrastructure targets inside Russia, describing them as retaliation for Moscow’s sustained bombardment of Ukrainian territory over the past four years.
Confirming the incident, Tambov Region Governor Evgeny Pervyshov said the victims were employees working the night shift at a Wildberries logistics centre in Kotovsk.
“Seven night-shift employees were killed when enemy UAVs hit a Wildberries logistics centre,” Governor of the Tambov region Evgeny Pervyshov said.
“According to preliminary information, 24 people were wounded” in the attack that took place in the town of Kotovsk, he added.
Wildberries also confirmed that its logistics facilities in Kotovsk and Elektrostal, located in the Moscow region, were targeted.
“The fire that broke out at the facility in Tambov region has been contained,” while firefighters are still working in Elektrostal, the company said.
Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin disclosed that more than 370 drones were launched toward the Moscow region overnight.
“Most were neutralised by air defence forces at distant approaches. 64 enemy UAVs were destroyed on approach to Moscow,” Sobyanin wrote on the state-backed MAX platform.
Efforts led by the United States to broker an end to the war have made little progress in recent months, with Washington’s attention increasingly shifting toward its conflict with Iran.
