{"id":2714,"date":"2026-08-19T04:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2026-08-19T04:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:38:46","slug":"a-warehouse-burns-near-moscow-in-ukraine-drone-crews-prepare-to-strike-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2714","title":{"rendered":"A warehouse burns near Moscow. In Ukraine, drone crews prepare to strike again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waves of Ukrainian drones targeted the massive logistics center outside Moscow<\/span> overnight. The next morning, it was still ablaze, dark smoke rising into the sky from what was one of Russia\u2019s largest retail warehouses<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of miles away, Ukrainian drone crews had barely paused after the night\u2019s work before starting to prepare for another attack. <\/p>\n

A small group of soldiers quickly assembled in a sunflower field in southern Ukraine, gathering around 20 small planelike drones laden with explosives, before launching them toward Russia. <\/p>\n

The launch by the Ukrainian 413th \u201cRaid\u201d Unmanned Systems Regiment on Sunday morning was observed by a team of Associated Press journalists \u2014 a rare glimpse into a rapidly expanding part of Ukraine\u2019s war effort<\/span>. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s Ukraine\u2019s latest tactic \u2014 long-range drones designed to carry the war deep inside Russia, striking military, industrial and logistical sites far from the front line.<\/p>\n

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Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has also increasingly pummeled giant Wildberries depots<\/span>, burning billions of dollars\u2019 worth of merchandise belonging to the Russian online retail giant.<\/p>\n

Those attacks have brought the war home to the Russian public, nearly 4\u00bd years into Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine<\/span>. The scale of the attacks has also forced Russia\u2019s military to stretch air defenses over a larger area, disrupted airports, sparked fuel shortages and undermined morale<\/span> in Russia.<\/p>\n

The regiment\u2019s commander, Yevhen Karas, said his unit had also taken part hours earlier in the strike on the Wildberries warehouse<\/span>, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Moscow, during one of Ukraine\u2019s largest attacks on Russia to date<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine will need to punish the Kremlin \u201cif we want to get a stable and long period of peace, and normal peace,\u201d Karas said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bigger casualties they have,\u201d the sooner they will go for peace, he added.<\/p>\n

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Kyiv officials aim to make the Russian public feel the war\u2019s consequences<\/span> and pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/span> into negotiating a peace settlement. Putin has so far shown no sign he intends to end the war<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Karas, however, believes the impact of Ukraine\u2019s long-range strike campaign on Russia\u2019s economy is bringing home the cost of the war to ordinary Russians and hopes this will drive Moscow back to the negotiating table after months of U.S.-brokered talks between the two sides stalled. <\/p>\n

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