Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks on Russian territory overnight, striking logistics warehouses in the Moscow and Tambov regions and killing at least eight people.
Russian authorities said seven night-shift workers died when drones hit a Wildberries logistics centre in Tambov, while another person later died in hospital after a separate strike in the Moscow region. Nearly 60 people were injured, as fires engulfed the warehouses and damaged an oil depot and an empty kindergarten.
The attacks form part of what Kyiv describes as its “long-range sanctions” campaign, which has increasingly targeted Russian infrastructure in response to years of missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the warehouses were used to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment, making them legitimate military targets.
The latest strikes come as Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russia’s energy sector, a campaign that has contributed to fuel shortages across much of the country. The report says almost 90 per cent of Russian regions have experienced fuel supply disruptions since June, with long queues at petrol stations becoming increasingly common despite Russia being one of the world’s largest oil producers.
Russian officials said more than 370 Ukrainian drones were launched toward the Moscow region overnight, while Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed nearly 1,900 drones targeting the capital had been intercepted over the past week.
Meanwhile, Russia continued its own attacks on Ukraine, with strikes on the Black Sea port city of Odesa killing one person and injuring 13 others. As both sides escalate long-range attacks, fighting along the front line remains largely stalled, while diplomatic efforts to end the war have made little progress.