More than 600 Ukrainian drones target Moscow; Wildberries warehouse damaged

On August 17, over 600 Ukrainian drones targeted the Moscow region, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Out of the 620 drones, 180 were shot down, while another 17 were targeted but details of the aftermath are unknown. The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, stated that more than 150 drones were brought down over the region from the evening into the morning.

In Ramenskoye, a drone crashed into a residential home, injuring a 10-year-old girl who sustained shrapnel wounds to her hand. A woman was also injured in Bogorodsk, and a 27-year-old man was hurt in Kolomna. The Pavlovo-Posad district suffered the most damage, with a burnt-down private home and a fire at an apartment building in Pavlovsky Posad.

Over 5,000 people and 46 significant facilities in the district lost power, as reported by Mosoblenergo.

In Noginsk, a drone hit a Wildberries warehouse near Atlant Park, causing a contained fire. Wildberries confirmed that only minor damage was sustained to their logistics complex after drone debris struck the building's wall. Employees had been evacuated ahead of time, and no goods were affected. In Kolomna, the attack led to a fire at a retail pavilion near the Globus shopping center, damaging a civil registry office, a store, and apartment windows on Sovetskaya Square.

Scaffolding at a residential complex under construction in Kotelniki and a transformer substation in Elektrostal also suffered damage. Private homes in Ramenskoye and Bogorodsk districts were affected as well. According to Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov, nine drones were shot down overnight in the Ryazan region, resulting in two injuries and damage to three private homes.

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that 791 Ukrainian drones were shot down across Russian regions, occupied Crimea, and the Sea of Azov and Black Sea waters.