Largest Wildberries warehouse in Moscow Oblast on fire after drone attack – photo, videos

Photo: Telegram/Supernova+

A major fire broke out at the largest warehouse of Russian online marketplace Wildberries in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, following a drone attack on the night of 15-16 August.

Source: independent Russian media outlet ASTRA; Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin

Details: Photos and videos posted by residents of Moscow Oblast showed a fire engulfing the Wildberries logistics centre in the village of Koledino. The facility covers more than 200,000 sq m, making it the company’s largest warehouse.

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Another sorting and logistics hub, Severnoye Domodedovo, is also on fire in Domodedovo.

Photo: Telegram/ASTRA

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in the morning that 600 UAVs had supposedly been heading towards Moscow Oblast overnight, 201 of which, he claimed, had been shot down by Russian air defence in the region.

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