Moscow Governor Says Ukraine Launched Record-Scale Attack Targeting Moscow Region

Ukraine has launched what the Moscow regional governor described as the largest-scale attack ever targeting the Moscow Oblast area.

Moscow Oblast Governor Andrei Vorobyov stated on Telegram on the 16th local time that Ukraine carried out its largest-scale attack yet targeting the Moscow region overnight, resulting in at least one death.

Governor Vorobyov reported that the Podolsk district, where a logistics center of Wildberries, Russia's largest online shopping mall, is located, was struck, killing an 83-year-old man and leaving numerous others injured.

He added that damages also occurred at several other facilities, including a logistics warehouse in the Domodedovo district, which is adjacent to one of Moscow's major airports.

Footage indeed captured massive columns of smoke rising from the hit Wildberries logistics warehouse in Koledino, located about 45 kilometers south of Moscow.

Ukraine has targeted Wildberries in recent weeks, accusing the company of distributing military supplies.

This is interpreted as part of a broader military campaign aimed at destroying key economic infrastructure supporting Russia's military operations.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it intercepted and downed 822 Ukrainian drones across the country that day.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that about 600 of these were aimed at the Russian capital, Moscow.

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