Eight people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in Russian regions by overnight Ukrainian drone attacks, according to Russian officials. Ukrainian forces are continuing aerial assaults on energy infrastructure and military targets within Russia.
Two large warehouses belonging to the online retailer Wildberries were hit in the Tambov and Moscow regions. Russian officials stated that the warehouse in Kotovsk, Tambov region, which sustained a fire, has been extinguished. Footage showed a fire at the Elektrostal facility, located east of Moscow.
An oil depot in Noginsk, north of Elektrostal, was also struck by a drone, igniting a fire and prompting evacuations of a nearby maternity hospital and residential building, according to the governor of the Moscow region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that long-range strikes hit two "significant logistical facilities in the Moscow and Tambov regions," which he said were used by Russia to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment. He also noted that an oil facility was struck.
Seven night shift workers were killed and 25 others wounded at the warehouse in Kotovsk, the Tambov regional governor reported. In the Moscow region, 37 people were wounded, with one later dying in the hospital, according to the regional governor.
Drone debris also impacted a kindergarten building in Elektrostal, causing a fire that was put out. In Vladimir, a residential building was hit by a drone, resulting in a brief fire with no reported casualties.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that its air defenses intercepted 379 Ukrainian drones over 19 Russian regions, as well as Crimea, the Sea of Azov, and the Black Sea. Ukrainian special operations were also reportedly conducted in the Sea of Azov and occupied territories.