Ukraine–Russia

Ukraine launches one of its largest drone waves, hitting the Moscow region

ATTACK
Location
Wildberries warehouse, Koledino, Moscow region
Actors
Ukraine · Russia
Importance
Major

Russia said it destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight, including about 600 headed for Moscow, in what officials called Ukraine’s largest-scale attack of 2026; a Wildberries warehouse at Koledino in the Moscow region burned and regional officials reported at least six people killed in Russia.

BBC and CNN reported the 15–16 August 2026 wave. Moscow region governor Andrey Vorobyov said air defences and electronic warfare neutralized 187 drones over the region; mayor Sergei Sobyanin described a fire at the Koledino Wildberries warehouse about 25 km from central Moscow. Ukraine’s defence ministry said seven of Wildberries’ ten largest logistics centres had been disabled. Fatality counts in open reporting were six (CNN) to seven (BBC), including five in Rostov, an 83-year-old in the Moscow region, and a woman in Belgorod. Exact launch sites were not published.

  • Fatalities: Low 6 · High 7 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026, Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones — one of Kyiv’s largest assaults of the conflict · Regional officials reported deaths in Rostov, the Moscow region and Belgorod; CNN gave at least six, BBC at least seven.
  • Infrastructure: Best 1 logistics_warehouses · Confidence: Confirmed · Evidence: Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026, Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones — one of Kyiv’s largest assaults of the conflict · Koledino Wildberries warehouse fire; Ukraine said seven of ten largest Wildberries logistics centres had been disabled in the wider campaign.

Verification: Confirmed

Evidence: Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026, Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones — one of Kyiv’s largest assaults of the conflict

Confirmed multi-outlet coverage of the Russian official tallies, the Koledino warehouse fire, and regional fatality reports; the 822-drone figure is a Russian MoD intercept claim, not an independent count of airframes launched.