Ukraine strikes Russian warehouses, killing at least eight people

Ukrainian drone strikes on two warehouses in Russia killed at least eight people and injured 62. Seven of the dead were warehouse workers near Moscow, and one of the sites was in Elektrostal, just east of the Russian capital.

The strikes hit two sprawling warehouses linked to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, and a separate attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in the Moscow region. Kyiv said the warehouses were being used to produce drones and navigation gear, while Russian regional officials said civilian casualties at the storage sites.

Russia answered with one of the biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war against Kyiv, killing at least one person and wounding 16 others. Fires broke out in storage buildings and a warehouse, and damage was reported in dormitories, residential blocks, supermarkets and other civilian sites across the capital. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said emergency crews were dealing with fires and destruction as air defenses tried to blunt the overnight assault.

Ukraine has increasingly pushed drones and missiles deep into Russian territory, targeting logistics hubs, fuel infrastructure and production sites it says support Moscow’s war effort. Russia, in turn, has maintained heavy missile and drone pressure on Kyiv and other cities, forcing Ukrainian air defenses to split attention between front-line protection and the defense of major population centers.

The latest Russian strike came after a string of heavy attacks on the capital earlier in the month. One July assault killed 28 people in the Kyiv area, while another killed at least 30 people in Kyiv.