Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones - one of Kyiv’s largest aerial assaults of the conflict

Russia says it shot down more than 800 Ukrainian drones overnight in what appears to be among Ukraine’s largest aerial attacks on Russia, with authorities reporting at least six people killed.

The two sides have escalated their air war on one another, with Ukraine increasingly firing barrages of drones at targets deep inside Russia, including warehouses and industrial plants as well as refineries. Russia’s state-run TASS News said it was the largest Ukrainian drone attack since the beginning of the year – with many of the drones targeting the Moscow area where many of Russia’s elite reside. Air defense forces and electronic warfare units shot down and neutralized 187 drones over the Moscow region, according to its governor, Andrey Vorobiev.Geolocated video showed a huge fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the Moscow region, the Russian equivalent of Amazon. Vorobiev said no one was injured. Wildberries’ warehouses have been repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian drones in recent months. Ukraine says it has struck seven out of Wildberries’ ten largest logistics centers. The warehouse struck on Sunday was 250,000 square meters, the Ukrainian military said. The company recently announced that it would build new warehousing in neighboring Kazakhstan. One person, an 83-year-old man, was killed by a drone attack elsewhere in Moscow region on Sunday, according to Vorobiev. Kyiv has claimed that Wildberries handles supplies for the Russian military, and has stepped up its targeting of other critical parts of the Russian economy. The company recently announced that it would build new warehousing in neighboring Kazakhstan. Drones were intercepted over 17 regions – mainly in southern and western Russia – according to the Russian Defense ministry. Five people were killed in the Rostov region in southern Russia, according to the governor of that region. A “defense-industrial complex enterprise that produces solid rocket propellant” for various Russian weapons was struck in the attack in Rostov, according to the Ukrainian military. One person, an 83-year-old man, was killed by a drone attack elsewhere in Moscow region on Sunday, according to Vorobiev.