Ukrainian drones hit Russian warehouses and oil depot; air defenses intercept 379 drones

Ukrainian drones struck two warehouses belonging to online retailer Wildberries overnight, killing eight people and wounding more than 60 others, Russian officials said. Seven night-shift workers died in a fire at the facility in Kotovsk in the Tambov region, where 25 people were also wounded. A second warehouse in Elektrostal, about 50 kilometers east of Moscow, caught fire as well.

An oil depot in Noginsk, north of Elektrostal, was hit and ignited, prompting evacuations at a nearby maternity hospital and residential building. Drone debris started fires at a kindergarten in Elektrostal and a residential building in Vladimir, though both were contained without casualties. The Elektrostal warehouse fire was extinguished by Saturday morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the long-range strikes targeted significant logistical facilities used to supply sanctioned components for drone and navigation equipment production. Russia's Defense Ministry reported that air defenses intercepted 379 Ukrainian drones over 19 Russian regions as well as Crimea, the Sea of Azov, and the Black Sea.

Ukrainian special operations forces conducted strikes in the Sea of Azov and occupied territory.