Russia Ukraine Monitoring Desk Islamabad
Moscow and the surrounding region were hit by a massive drone attack overnight, with two massive logistics centers set ablaze as a result.Russia’s defence ministry says Ukraine has launched its “largest-scale” attack of 2026.
Thus, the mayor of the Russian capital stated that from the evening until 6:30 a.m. today, 600 UAVs were flying towards the Moscow region, of which 201 drones were destroyed in the Moscow region.
Local residents in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, posted footage of drone flights and photos and videos of a massive fire. According to Astra’s analysis, the fire is at Wildberries’ logistics complex in Koledino. This is the company’s largest warehouse, covering over 200,000 square meters. In addition, another logistics center is burning in Domodedovo, Moscow region.
The fire broke out in warehouse 15 at the Severnoye Domodedovo sorting and logistics complex. It is one of the largest and most renowned Class A production and logistics complexes in Russia.
On the night of August 15, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara, where Flamingo missiles hit it. This is one of the key enterprises in the Russian rocket and space industry, producing the Soyuz family of launch vehicles, which are also used in the deployment of the Russian Rassvet satellite constellation – an analogue of Starlink.
In addition, the Savasleyka airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region, which is used for the basing and operation of MiG-31K interceptor fighters, carriers of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, was damaged.
Another Russian warehouse belonging to its largest online retailer, Wildberries, was struck overnight. Ukraine says it has disabled seven of the company’s 10 largest logistic centres in recent weeks.
The Kremlin denies Ukraine’s claim that Wildberries’ warehouses are being used as a “logistics facility” for military equipment.
Often described as “Russia’s Amazon”, Wildberries is Russia’s largest online retailer. It connects independent sellers with buyers across Russia, storing and delivering their goods, and handling payments. Tatyana Kim is the CEO , one of Russia’s first female billionaires. 48 thousand workers are employed here.
Ukraine has hit a number of Wildberries logistics hubs, describing them as legitimate targets because they provide the Russian military with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear. Russia denies this.
Ukraine’s army says it has struck a missile fuel production facility in Russia.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says in a post on Telegram that it hit the Kamensky Plant in the Rostov region of western Russia. He describes it as “an important enemy military-industrial facility” that is “directly used to meet the needs of the Russian armed forces”.
Earlier, it said Ukraine had struck multiple “high-value military targets” in Saturday night.
Russian missiles and drones hit a market in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Firefighters have been tackling a fire that started overnight – it has since been extinguished, emergency services say.
Air-raid sirens have sounded five times since Saturday night in Kyiv. At least six people, including a child, were reportedly injured in the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko says.
A fifth Ukrainian has been reported killed in Russian strikes overnight.
The mayor of Kryvyi Rih says a 44-year-old man reported missing has been found dead in rubble. Another person was killed and 14 workers of a steel plant were wounded. Russia says the site was producing weapons components. Two people in their 60s were killed when a house was destroyed in Zaporizhzhia.
Emergency services say fires at a market in Kyiv have now been extinguished after it was hit overnight.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says six people have been injured in the city, following four rounds of air strikes through the night and this morning. The president referred to a fifth death yesterday evening in Sumy, when a car was hit.
Russia says its attacks on Kyiv last night targeted a FirePoint facility producing parts for Ukrainian Flamingo missiles, and a factory making components for drones. Russia’s defence ministry says in Poltava region, it hit the Kremenchuk oil refinery which it says supplies fuel to the Ukrainian military.
Russia says it hit a dry cargo vessel near Odesa, claiming it was carrying military equipment.
