Ukraine launched another wave of drone attacks targeting facilities linked to Russian online retailer Wildberries overnight, with strikes hitting warehouses in the Moscow, St. Petersburg and Tver regions, according to Russian officials.
At least five people were killed and 10 others injured after an industrial site near Chekhov, about 69 kilometres south of Moscow, was struck. While local authorities did not identify the facility, Ukrainian media reported it was linked to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer. The company has not commented on the Chekhov strike.
Wildberries confirmed that one of its warehouses in the St. Petersburg region was hit, while officials in the Tver region also reported damage to another company facility. Ukrainian authorities have increasingly targeted Wildberries sites in recent weeks, claiming the warehouses are used to supply the Russian military. Moscow denies the allegation.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Officials in the Samara region also confirmed that a Wildberries warehouse struck by Ukrainian drones on Sunday was completely destroyed, along with all the goods stored inside.
Meanwhile, Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said an 89-year-old woman was killed in Mykolaiv, while two children were among seven people injured. In Sumy, a woman and two young girls were killed after a residential area was hit, with four others wounded.
Additional Russian strikes injured two people in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and sparked a fire at a food warehouse in Dnipro, Ukrainian officials said.
The latest escalation follows a drone strike on a crowded beach in Russia’s Krasnodar region a day earlier that killed seven people and injured 58, according to Russian authorities. Moscow accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians, while Kyiv has not commented. Both Russia and Ukraine continue to deny intentionally attacking civilian targets.
