Ukraine-Russia war latest: ‘Seven killed’ in drone strike on warehouse of Russia’s largest online retailer
Russian officials say a Ukrainian drone attack has killed seven people working at a warehouse belonging to a major shopping website.
Governor Evgeniy Pervyshov said 25 people were also injured after Ukrainian drones slammed into a warehouse owned by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, in the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region, roughly 475km (295 miles) southeast of Moscow.
In a separate incident, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said falling drone debris caused a fire to break out at an oil depot in the city of Noginsk.
He did not specify the damage to the facility, but said two people were injured in the city and a nearby maternity hospital had been evacuated.
Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s Security Service destroyed a Russian bomber plane nearly 500 miles inside Russia. The Tu-95 strategic plane was taken out at the Engels air base in Russia’s Saratov Oblast.
Zelensky is facing mounting protests in Kyiv over the removal of a popular defence minister, with thousands gathering to demand the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech wizard who has been partly credited with Ukraine’s recent successes in the war with Russia.
