A massive Ukrainian attack has ignited the largest remaining logistics hub of Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, located just 25 miles south of the Kremlin. The blast occurred at a site in Koledino, Podolsk District, during a 600-drone onslaught that the region's governor called "one of the most massive drone attacks in recent times."
Warehouse Fires and Flight Disruptions
A second warehouse complex, North Domodedovo, was engulfed in flames this morning, close to one of Moscow's main international airports. The drone swarm led to flight chaos, with departures suspended at the capital's Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports.
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Moscow was under siege. The huge flames and thick black smoke at the Wildberries hub in Koledino, covering 2.7 million square feet, represents a major psychological blow to Putin as his war impacts on Moscow.
Impact on Russia's Economy and Supply Chain
The Wildberries online shopping behemoth, the largest in Russia, is partly owned by senior officials in Putin's Kremlin power structure, yet Moscow's air defences have failed to protect it, reports say. After dozens of recent attacks on Wildberries, which supplies Putin's military machine, the impact is being felt in the Russian economy, and the latest catastrophic blaze will affect the capital city's supply chain.
Governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said the onslaught ends "one of the most massive drone attacks in recent times."
Russian Strikes and British-Made Drones
Meanwhile, Russia used North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles to attack Ukraine overnight. Capital Kyiv was hit, as was Volodymyr Zelensky's home city, Kryvyi Rih, in major Russian strikes. In Kyiv, a fire was reported at a market in the Obolonsky district, with fires in several districts in the city.
Putin's forces claimed to have hit the largest mining and metallurgical enterprise in Ukraine, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, as well as the Kryvyi Rih Cement plant along with storage facilities. The Kremenchuk oil refinery, the largest in Ukraine, was attacked.
British-made drones have been used by Ukraine for strikes on Russian territory for the first time, according to The Sunday Times, citing multiple Ukrainian military sources. One is the Nyan, a jet-powered, carbon-fibre attack drone developed by Wiltshire-based Callen-Lenz, a subsidiary of BAE Systems. The aircraft has a wingspan of more than 9ft and a reported range of more than 150 miles. It was reportedly used against Belgorod last year and has since formed part of Ukraine's expanding deep-strike campaign.
There is no evidence British drones were used in today's Ukrainian onslaught on Russia.
