Ukrainian drone attacks result in multiple casualties in Russia
Moscow — Waves of Ukrainian drone attacks killed seven warehouse workers and injured dozens more, while another attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in the wider capital region, regional governors said on Saturday, reports BritPanorama.
Governor Evgeniy Pervyshov stated that 25 people were injured after Ukrainian drones struck a warehouse owned by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, in the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region, approximately 295 miles southeast of Moscow.
“Seven people working the night shift died on the spot,” Pervyshov wrote on Telegram, adding that 28 drones were also shot down on approach.
“If they had achieved their goal, the number of civilian casualties could have been much higher,” he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that Kyiv had targeted two logistics facilities used by Russia to supply components for drone production and navigation equipment. An oil facility was also hit, Zelenskyy wrote on X.
The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, reported 24 injuries following a drone attack on another Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal, a city east of Moscow.
Wildberries co-founder and CEO, Tatyana Kim, referred to it as a “terrible night” for Russia and for the company, extending her condolences to the victims’ families.
In Noginsk, also in the Moscow region, falling drone debris caused a fire to break out at an oil depot, according to Vorobyov.
He did not specify the damage to the facility but indicated that two people were injured in Noginsk, and a nearby maternity hospital had to be evacuated.
