Ukraine blows up Putin’s biggest ‘Russian Amazon’ hub as gigantic warehouse is engulfed by flames after 600 drone blitz

AN APOCALYPTIC fire engulfed a 250,000 square-metre logistics centre belonging to Russia’s version of Amazon after a Ukrainian drone attack. Footage circulating on Telegram shows the inferno at a Wildberries warehouse in the village of Koledino, 25 miles south of the Kremlin, in the early hours of this morning. Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries online marketplace logistics centre in Koledino, 25 miles south of the Kremlin Credit: East2West The aftermath of the mass drone strike Credit: East2West Raging flames and thick black smoke are seen rising in the sky above the Podolsk district. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the Russian capital was under siege from at least 600 Ukrainian drones overnight. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! He claimed that Russian air defences allegedly destroyed 201 drones – but failed to protect the precious Wildberries hub, the largest in all of Russia. The online shopping behemoth is partly owned by senior officials in the Kremlin, so its decimation will be a major blow. A second warehouse North Domodedovo was also engulfed in flames this morning, close to one of Moscow’s main international airports. So far, Ukraine has attacked 16 Wildberries centres. The key objective is to disrupt logistics and make it harder to procure and transfer equipment, gear, and other supplies to the Russian military. Wildberries’ official website featured a category called “Everything for the Special Military Operation,” where drones, reels for FPV drones, armor, and other military equipment were sold. Most read in The Sun Separately, a NATO fighter was scrambled in Romania to shoot down a drone flying into Alliance airspace. Comment now