Dramatic footage captured the moment Russia’s version of Amazon warehouse was engulfed in fire after Ukraine launched it’s largest ever drone strike behind enemy lines.
The attack on the Wildberries logistics hub in Podolsk, just 25 miles south of the Kremlin, on Sunday has completely destroyed the 250,000 square-metre complex.
Moscow’s regional governor Andrey Vorobyova said 83-year-old man was killed in the strike and three others injured during the broader overnight barrage.
open image in galleryKyiv has continued to strike deep into Russia throughout the summer, launching a series of large scale drone strikes.
The Russian Ministry of Defence has claimed its forces have downed hundreds of incoming aircraft across the Moscow, Belgorod, and Rostov regions. Russian mayor Sergei Sobyanin said as many as 600 drones were detected heading toward the capital region on Sunday morning alone.
Ukraine also bombed a Russian Space Centre on Saturday, where it is claimed Moscow was attempting to develop its own version of Musk’s Starlink.
open image in galleryThe latest strike is the seventh time in six weeks that Ukrainian forces have successfully targeted major Wildberries sites.
Wildberries has been been defended as a legitimate target by Ukrainian defence officials, who maintain that the commercial retail network’s infrastructure is regularly used by Russian forces to store and distribute dual-use military supplies, including components for drones, tactical gear, and satellite navigation equipment.
According to data tracked by the Institute for the Study of War, Kyiv has now struck seven of the e-commerce giant’s ten largest distribution hubs across Russia this summer. The campaign has destroyed millions of pounds in inventory, severely disrupting civilian and military supply chains alike.
open image in galleryThe warehouse destruction comes amid a wider, increasingly bold campaign by Kyiv to strike deep within Russian territory and disrupt military supply networks far from the front lines.
In recent weeks, Ukrainian forces have expanded the range and severity of these deep-penetration attacks.
Kyiv confirmed recent strikes against the Savasleyka airbase — a key launchpad for Russian hypersonic missiles —and deployed domestic FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles against the Progress Space Rocket Centre in Samara, a crucial site for Russian military communications satellites.
Military analysts say the systematic targeting of domestic logistical hubs is designed to degrade Moscow’s war effort while forcing the Russian public to confront the physical realities of the conflict.
The heavy air bombardment triggered emergency security protocols across the capital, causing widespread flight delays and temporary groundings at major international hubs, including Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly framed the escalating deep-strike campaign as direct retaliation for persistent Russian missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and energy networks.