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Ukrainian drone strike kills five in Moscow region
Russian officials announced that five people were killed and six others injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region. On the same day, drone strikes targeted Wildberries facilities in the Leningrad and Tver regions, while the Russian army continued operations against Ukrainian ports.
Ukrainian drone attacks struck areas near the Russian capital. Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev announced on social media that air defense systems repelled a UAV attack targeting the Moscow region in the morning hours.
Governor Vorobyev noted that the attacks caused the most damage around the Chekhov district, and reported several fires in the Novoselki industrial zone. Noting that the largest fire broke out at a warehouse and was extinguished, Vorobyev said that an electrical substation and an administrative building were also damaged.
Vorobyev announced that there were casualties and injuries in the attack, and shared the following information:
"According to preliminary findings, five people were killed and six injured. All the injured are receiving necessary medical assistance."
The governor added that drone debris damaged a house and a vehicle in the village of Solnyshko. He reported that drones were sighted in the settlements of Volokolamsk, Klinsky, Chekhov, and Serebryano-Prudsky in the Moscow region, and that the military was continuing to repel the attacks.
Attack on logistics center in Leningrad
In the Leningrad region near St. Petersburg, a fire broke out following a drone attack on a logistics center belonging to Wildberries. The company confirmed in a statement that a drone attack targeted the facility in Krasny Bor.
No injuries were reported in the fire, which was responded to by fire crews. The statement noted that product deliveries at the facility were temporarily restricted and shipments were redirected to the company's other facilities. Ukraine has recently been targeting warehouses and logistics facilities belonging to the Russian e-commerce platform Wildberries with drones.
Warehouse in Tver damaged
Tver Governor Vitaliy Korolev announced that a drone attack on the region had been prevented overnight. Korolev said that a piece of the downed drone hit the wall of a Wildberries warehouse in the Kalininsky district, partially damaging the building.
He stated that warehouse employees were not harmed in the attack, emergency crews were working in the area, and necessary measures were being taken for the security of the facility.
Russia retaliates against Ukrainian ports
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it was continuing military operations against Ukraine. The ministry said that the Russian army was continuing attacks on Ukrainian ports and ships used for military purposes.
The statement said that last evening, a factory and terminal at the Chornomorsk port, where military equipment was being repaired and ammunition, fuel, and lubricants were stored, were hit. The attacks also targeted two dry cargo ships carrying military cargo in the ports of Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) and Yuzhny, as well as two dry cargo ships at sea. It was stated that these attacks were carried out with high-precision weapons from the ground and UAVs.
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