Another 24 night-shift employees of online retailer Wildberries were reportedly injured in Tambov Region
Seven warehouse workers were killed and another 24 people were injured when Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries logistics center in Russia’s Tambov Region overnight, Governor Evgeny Pervyshov has said.
The attack hit the facility in the city of Kotovsk, where the victims were working a night shift. The injured were taken to hospitals in Kotovsk and the regional capital, Tambov, Pervyshov said, adding that the authorities would provide assistance to the families of those killed.
Ambulances, firefighters, emergency personnel, and law enforcement officers were dispatched to the scene. The open fire at the warehouse was extinguished, although firefighting efforts continued, according to the governor.
Another Wildberries logistics center was also attacked overnight in Elektrostal, some 50km east of Moscow, the company said. Fire crews and emergency services were working at the site after employees were evacuated. Wildberries did not immediately report any casualties there.
The deadly strike came as Ukraine launched another massive drone raid toward Moscow. More than 370 UAVs had flown in the direction of the Russian capital since 8:30pm on Friday, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. Most were neutralized by Russian air defenses at long range, while 64 were destroyed on approach to the capital, he added.
In the neighboring Vladimir Region, one drone struck an apartment in a residential building in the city of Vladimir and sparked a fire, Governor Aleksandr Avdeev said. Residents were evacuated while emergency services extinguished the flames.
The latest barrage followed another large-scale attack on Thursday, when more than 200 drones were launched toward Moscow, most of which were similarly intercepted far from the capital.
Russia has described the strikes as indiscriminate terrorist attacks intended to divert attention from Ukraine’s setbacks on the battlefield and has responded with a renewed campaign of long-range strikes targeting dual-use and military-industrial sites.
Most of the Russian strikes have focused on the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with military plants, drone assembly and storage facilities, and weapons stockpiles targeted in recent weeks.
