Ukrainian drones strike Moscow region, killing one


Smoke billows from the burning Wildberries warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional governor, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Koledino, Moscow Region, Russia August 16, 2026. Picture taken with mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - ⁠Ukrainian drones struck Moscow region overnight on ⁠Sunday in what the provincial governor said ‌was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said had left at least ​one person dead.

In posts on ⁠Telegram, Moscow region Governor ⁠Andrei Vorobyov said that an 83-year-old man had been ⁠killed, ‌with several more injured in Podolsk, where he said a warehouse belonging ⁠to Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries had ​been struck.

He ‌said damage had been caused at several other ⁠sites, ​including at a warehouse in the town of Domodedovo, close to one of Moscow's main airports.

Russia's Defence ⁠Ministry said it had downed ​822 Ukrainian drones throughout the country.

Video filmed by Reuters of the aftermath of the strike on Wildberries' ⁠Koledino warehouse showed a large plume of smoke over the site, around 45 km (28 miles) south of Moscow.

Ukraine has been targeting Wildberries, which it ​accuses of handling military ⁠goods, in recent weeks as part of a wider ​bid to damage Russian economic ‌infrastructure it sees as ​underpinning Moscow's military campaign.

(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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