{"id":843559,"date":"2026-08-04T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843559\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:52:11","slug":"ukrainian-drone-attack-on-moscow-industrial-zone-kills-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843559\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow industrial zone kills five"},"content":{"rendered":"

A drone strike on an industrial zone outside the Russian capital has killed five people and wounded 10 others, the region’s governor said, as Moscow and Kyiv traded attacks.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has conducted long-range strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Russia, and in recent weeks stepped up attacks on warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries.<\/p>\n

Ukraine often fires hundreds of drones into Russia each night, in retaliation for Russia launching hundreds of its own drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian towns and cities.<\/p>\n

Moscow’s regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said early Tuesday, local time, that several fires broke out following a drone strike in the Novoselki industrial zone outside the Russian capital.<\/p>\n

“According to preliminary information, five people were killed,” he said on Telegram, adding 10 others were wounded.<\/p>\n

Drones also damaged a warehouse near Krasny Bor in northwestern Russia, wounding one person, according to Leningrad regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko.<\/p>\n

Wildberries said that a fire broke out at its Krasny Bor logistics facility as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n

\"Vladimir<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin is continuing to insist Russia will continue its operations in Ukraine despite a growing number of high-profile strikes.\u00a0 (AP: Alexander Kazakov\/Sputnik)<\/p>\n

Another Wildberries warehouse was targeted by a Ukrainian drone attack in the rural area of Emmaus, around 180 kilometres (112 miles) northwest of Moscow, regional governor Vitaly Korolyov said.<\/p>\n

Wildberries is a highly popular online retail platform in Russia, often dubbed the “Russian Amazon”, accounting for up to 10 per cent of the country’s entire retail turnover, according to Russian media.<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday’s strikes are the latest in a series of prominent drone attacks carried out by Ukraine<\/a> against targets in Russia, as part of a campaign to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Russian authorities said 11 people were killed by drone strikes<\/a> on a popular Russian holiday spot and on the Crimean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Two children killed<\/p>\n

In Ukraine, Russian attacks killed three people in Sumy in the country’s north-east, the head of the regional military administration said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Two children and an elderly woman were killed in Russian [guided aerial bomb] strikes on Sumy tonight,” Oleg Grygorov said on Telegram.<\/p>\n

“The girls were 5 and 10 years old. The children’s bodies were recovered from under the rubble of their house.”<\/p>\n

Ukraine drones hit Russian holiday spot<\/a><\/p>\n

At least 11 people are dead and dozens are wounded after Ukrainian strikes on a Russian beach resort and the Crimean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Six guided aerial bombs struck civilian infrastructure in the city, including residential and non-residential buildings, Grygorov said.<\/p>\n

Another attack on the port city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine killed an 89-year-old woman, according to Georgy Reshetilov, head of the region’s military administration.<\/p>\n

Russia launched 136 drones at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv’s air force said, 117 of which were shot down or intercepted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There has been an uptick in civilian deaths in the conflict throughout 2026, the United Nations has reported, as the four-and-a-half-year war grinds on with no sign of a peace deal.<\/p>\n

Russia launched its full-scale offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, and has regularly struck its neighbour, including from the Crimean peninsula.<\/p>\n

Moscow-installed authorities in Crimea on Tuesday said an unidentified soldier opened fire, killing a fellow serviceman and three civilians.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s front lines were little changed in July as its forces largely stalled Russia’s momentum, according to AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War.<\/p>\n

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