Overview
- Ukraine launched a massive overnight drone assault that sent roughly 600 drones toward the Moscow region on Sunday night, with Moscow officials saying about 201 were downed over the capital area and Russian authorities reporting total interceptions in the hundreds to more than 800.
- A Wildberries logistics warehouse in the Koledino/Podolsk industrial park was hit and set ablaze, Russian regional officials reported, and multiple Russian regions said civilians were killed or wounded in the strikes.
- Russia responded with missile and drone strikes inside Ukraine that hit storage and production sites and port vessels, Ukrainian officials said, and both sides reported civilian casualties and infrastructure damage.
- Reporting that British-made one‑way attack drones have been used by Ukraine inside Russia prompted a formal Russian warning to the UK, increasing diplomatic friction and raising the risk of wider escalation.
- The episode highlights a broader 2026 shift to mass, lower‑cost loitering munitions that are harder to stop, is stressing Ukraine’s air‑defence stockpiles of costly interceptors, and is likely to push Kyiv to press partners for more weapons, jammers and licensed production.