{"id":27397,"date":"2026-08-04T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27397"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:40:44","slug":"ukrainian-drone-strike-on-russian-warehouses-in-moscow-region-kills-5-local-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27397","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drone strike on Russian warehouses in Moscow region kills 5, local official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A drone strike on an industrial zone outside the Russian capital of Moscow has killed five people and wounded 10 others, the region&#8217;s governor said Tuesday, as Moscow and Kyiv traded attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drones hit three warehouses across Russia overnight, including two run by e-commerce giant\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/ukraine-strikes-warehouses-of-top-russian-online-retailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Wildberries,<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the local Russian official said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/04\/739e1e09-e472-4b9a-b998-5fda71bb054a\/thumbnail\/620x463\/038012c3e53cfb9bf3cc5a13b4d4fecb\/gettyimages-2287463782.jpg#\" alt=\"Ukraine drone attack prompts evacuation of Wildberries logistics hub in central Russia \" height=\"463\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/04\/739e1e09-e472-4b9a-b998-5fda71bb054a\/thumbnail\/620x463\/038012c3e53cfb9bf3cc5a13b4d4fecb\/gettyimages-2287463782.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/04\/739e1e09-e472-4b9a-b998-5fda71bb054a\/thumbnail\/1240x926\/0add4dba9fff82e24a6b28ac6be04179\/gettyimages-2287463782.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">RYAZAN, RUSSIA &#8211; JULY 29: \u00a0Smoke rises as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at Wildberries logistics hub following a Ukrainian drone attack in the Ryazan region of Russia on July 29, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ukraine Online Telegram Channel\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ukraine has conducted long-range strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Russia, and in recent weeks stepped up attacks on Wildberries warehouses.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv often fires hundreds of drones into Russia in retaliation for Russia <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-drone-missile-strike-kyiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">launching hundreds <\/a><\/span>of its own drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian towns and cities.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow&#8217;s regional governor, Andrey Vorobyov, said early Tuesday that several fires broke out following a drone strike in the Novoselki industrial zone outside the Russian capital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to preliminary information, five people were killed,&#8221; he said on Telegram, adding that10 others were wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Drones also damaged a warehouse near Krasny Bor in northwestern Russia, wounding one person, according to Leningrad regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko.<\/p>\n<p>Wildberries said a fire broke out at its Krasny Bor logistics facility as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Another Wildberries warehouse was targeted by a Ukrainian drone attack in the rural area of Emmaus, around 112 miles northwest of Moscow, regional governor Vitaly Korolyov said.<\/p>\n<p>Wildberries is a highly popular online retail platform in Russia, often dubbed the &#8220;Russian Amazon,&#8221; accounting for up to 10 percent of the country&#8217;s entire retail turnover, according to Russian media.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, Wildberries has been accused of helping Russians dodge Western sanctions by importing branded goods via third party countries.<\/p>\n<p>In Ukraine, Russian attacks killed three people in Sumy in the country&#8217;s northeast, the head of the regional military administration said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two children and an elderly woman were killed in Russian (guided aerial bomb) strikes on Sumy tonight,&#8221; Oleg Grygorov said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Six guided aerial bombs struck civilian infrastructure in the city, including residential and non-residential buildings, Grygorov said.<\/p>\n<p>Another attack, on the port city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, killed an 89-year-old woman, according to Georgy Reshetilov, head of the Ukrainian region&#8217;s military administration.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched 136 drones at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv&#8217;s air force said, 117 of which were shot down or intercepted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There has been an uptick in civilian deaths in the conflict throughout 2026, the United Nations has reported, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the four-and-a-half-year war<\/a> grinds on with no sign of a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched its full-scale offensive against Ukraine in February 2022 and has regularly struck its neighbor, including from the Crimean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow-installed authorities in Crimea on Tuesday said an unidentified soldier opened fire, killing a fellow serviceman and three civilians.<\/p>\n<h2>Strike on Russian Black Sea Resort kills 7, local officials say\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>A drone hit a crowded beach in southern Russia, killing seven people, local Russian officials in the Krasnodar region said Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Social media footage verified by CBS News shows a drone hurtling toward the busy beach before hitting the ground and exploding. 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