The Russian authorities reported this Tuesday the death of five people and about a dozen injured after a new wave of drone attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the facilities that the e-commerce giant Wildberries has in the Russian capital, Moscow.
"Unfortunately, there are fatalities and injuries. According to preliminary information, five people have died," reported the governor of Moscow, Andrei Vorobiov, on his social media, where he detailed that the main damages have been recorded in the municipality of Chekhov, in the south of the Russian capital.
"In the industrial area of Novosiolki, several fires were caused by the impact of a drone. The largest occurred in a warehouse, where the fire has already been extinguished. An electrical substation and an administrative building were also damaged," Vorobiov has informed.
In this industrial area of Novosiolki, located in the aforementioned municipality of Chekhov, is the logistics center of several relevant companies, including Wildberries, popularly known as the "Russian Amazon."
In recent weeks, Ukraine has targeted these infrastructures of the Russian online commerce giant among its main objectives, with around fifteen attacks directed against the centers that the company maintains spread across eleven regions of the country.
This sustained drone offensive is part of Ukraine's efforts to impact the Russian economy and undermine the morale of its population, which has also faced supply problems at gas stations in recent weeks due to bombings against refineries and oil stations.