The assaults injured a minimum of three folks, together with a lady, and broken a Wildberries warehouse, Russian officers say.
Printed On 18 Aug 2026
Russian officers have reported greater than 620 in a single day drones focusing on Moscow, in what seems to be certainly one of Ukraine’s largest assaults on the Russian capital in years.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned Russian defences shot down 180 drones over the capital area between Monday night and 5am (02:00 GMT) on Tuesday. He mentioned 17 extra drones have been shot down en path to the capital later.
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Russia’s state-run information company TASS described the barrage as the most important drone assault on Moscow up to now two years.
The drone assault wounded three folks, together with a 10-year-old lady, Moscow area’s Governor Andrey Vorobyov mentioned on Telegram. He mentioned the “most critical penalties” have been reported within the Pavlovsky Posad district, the place a home burned down. A number of extra houses and a guesthouse have been broken in Bogorodsky district, he added.
A warehouse east of Moscow belonging to e-commerce big Wildberries was broken in Tuesday’s drone assault. In a press release, the corporate mentioned its logistics complicated sustained “minor injury” after “particles hit the wall of the constructing”.
Ukraine has struck multiple Wildberries warehouses in current weeks, saying the corporate provides elements for Russian drones.
5 injured in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
In the meantime, the Ukrainian air power reported capturing down or suppressing 111 of 147 “enemy” drone assaults in a single day.
Kharkiv’s regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned 5 folks, together with a nine-year-old boy, have been injured in an in a single day Russian assault on the town of Izyum.
Russian drones additionally sparked fires and broken buildings in Kyiv area’s Brovary metropolis, together with an workplace constructing and warehouses, mentioned Mayor Ihor Sapozhko.
With front-line combating at a close to standstill and talks frozen, Ukraine and Russia have considerably stepped up long-distance attacks, pushing the civilian demise toll to its highest ranges because the struggle’s first months in 2022.
In July alone, 437 civilians have been killed in Ukraine, the best month-to-month toll since Could 2022, according to a United Nations tally.
Russian authorities reported 79 civilians killed in Ukrainian assaults in July, up from the earlier month.
