Overview
- Ukraine launched a large, overnight drone assault that sent hundreds of unmanned aircraft into Russian regions on Sunday night, with Russian officials saying they destroyed about 822 drones nationwide.
- The most visible strike hit a 250,000 sq. meter Wildberries logistics hub in Koledino south of Moscow, where a major fire caused extensive damage and Russian regional authorities reported civilian deaths and injuries.
- Russia responded with missile and drone strikes inside Ukraine that hit industrial and port sites, including damage and worker casualties at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih and reported hits on Odesa shipping, causing production disruption.
- NATO forces downed a drone that entered Romanian airspace in a Spanish F‑18 interception, and both sides’ nightly barrages are depleting interceptor stocks and prompting Kyiv to press allies for more air‑defence munitions.
- The exchange reflects a wider August escalation in which Ukraine has prioritized strikes on Russian logistics and energy nodes to disrupt supplies, a shift that raises civilian tolls, economic damage and the risk of wider regional involvement.