Photos and videos posted by local residents on social networks show thick black smoke rising from an oil depot in the city of Noginsk, located about 50 km east of the Kremlin.
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Strike on logistics center
Seven people were killed and 24 injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a logistics center in western Russia, the regional governor said on Saturday, with the Moscow region once again becoming a target for Ukrainian drones.
“Seven night shift workers were killed when enemy drones hit the Wildberries logistics center,” said Tambov region governor Yevgeny Pervyshov.
“According to preliminary data, 24 people were injured” in the attack, which took place in the city of Kotovsk, added Y. Pervyshov.
Russian company Wildberries said in a statement that its logistics complexes in Kotovsk and Elektrostal, Moscow region, were attacked.
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“The fire at the Tambov region facility was contained,” while firefighters are still working in Elektrostal, the company reported.
370 drones towards Moscow
More than 370 drones were launched at the Moscow region overnight, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported on Saturday.
“Most of them were neutralized by air defense forces in the far approaches. As they approached Moscow, 64 enemy drones were destroyed,” Sobyanin wrote on the state-supported platform MAX.
Videos show huge columns of smoke visible even from Moscow itself.
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