Conflict · 400 drones · ArchiveUkraine Fires 400 Drones at Moscow in Largest Attack Yet on Russian CapitalAired July 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Ukraine has launched the largest drone0:01attack on Moscow since the start of the0:03war. More than 400 drones targeting the0:06Russian capital region overnight. The0:08strikes hit an oil depot, Russia's0:10largest online retailer's main logistics0:12hub, and an industrial park as Ukrainian0:15forces penetrated one of the world's0:16densest air defense rings.0:18The targeting was precise and spread0:20across multiple districts. An oil depot0:23in Lovatsky, about 20 km south of0:25Moscow, was hit and set ablaze. The0:27Wildberries sorting center in Kolodino,0:29that retailer's main logistics hub for0:30all of Russia, was struck. And the0:32Yuzhny Vorota industrial park near0:34Myakino also caught fire. The strikes0:36came despite roughly 90 Pantsir systems0:39and 25 S-300 and S-400 batteries0:42defending the capital region. Russia0:44claims 85 drones were intercepted near0:46Moscow, meaning hundreds still got0:48through. Moscow region governor Andrey0:50Vorobyov confirmed the casualties and0:52damage. 10 people were wounded in and0:54around the capital, among them three0:56Chinese nationals in Domodedovo, a0:58detail that adds a diplomatic dimension1:00to an already massive escalation.1:02President Zelenskyy framed this attack1:04as direct retaliation. He pointed to1:06Russia's strike on the cargo ship Golden1:08Leo near Odessa, which killed 10 crew1:10members, and Moscow's largest ballistic1:13missile barrage on Kyiv since early1:142022. Ukraine's drone operations chief1:17Robert Brovdy confirmed the coordinated1:19overnight campaign struck military and1:21economic targets simultaneously. The1:23strikes hit economic infrastructure and1:25fuel supply lines deep inside Russian1:27territory. The Wildberries facility is1:29Russia's largest online retailer's main1:31logistics hub, disrupting e-commerce1:34across the country. The Black Sea1:35component shows Ukraine is now striking1:38on multiple fronts simultaneously. The1:40message from Kyiv is clear. Nowhere near1:42Moscow is safe. And as both sides1:44escalate, ballistic missiles on Kyiv,1:47drone swarms on Moscow, the cycle of1:49strikes is increasingly hitting1:50civilians on both sides of the front1:52line.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗