Smoke fills Moscow sky after Ukraine wipes out key Wildberries warehouse in 'largest attack of the year'

Smoke fills Moscow sky after Ukraine wipes out key Wildberries warehouse in 'largest attack of the year'

Day 1,634.

Today, Ukraine sets the sky alight over Moscow oblast as it wipes out the latest Wildberries warehouse. Plus, in what Moscow said was Kyiv’s biggest attack of the year, the plant manufacturing rockets for Russia’s space programme was also destroyed, 9000km inside Russia. Thousands of protesters gathered in Kyiv over the weekend in support of former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, and Russia’s Foreign Minister effectively admitted responsibility for recent operations in Europe such as the Leipzig drone attack, saying the West is “already starting to groan”. And later, we talk to two journalists who have just returned from Kharkiv, where they made a film warning that the city is fast catching up with Kherson when it comes to drone safari attacks.


Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.

With thanks to journalists Anna Conkling and Jason Bellini.


Producer: Rachel Porter

Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett

Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan

Social Producer: Tom Steed

Studio Director: Meghan Searle

Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley

Created by David Knowles


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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Anna and Jason’s documentary from Kharkiv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zIaFDV1TsU


Caolan Robertson’s interview with Mykhailo Federov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFZ3-nZPCu0


Putin launches revenge strikes on Kyiv after space centre attack (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/16/russia-putin-revenge-strikes-kyiv-space-centre-attack/


Russia builds secret drone bases in striking distance of Nato (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/16/russia-builds-secret-drone-bases-in-nato-striking-distance/


Patriot missiles have been a godsend for Ukraine against Putin, but they’re running out. Kyiv needs help and fast (Jack Watling for The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/14/patriot-missiles-ukraine-putin-kyiv-running-out-nato-danger


Second wave of fuel shortages at petrol stations sweeps across Russia (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/second-wave-fuel-shortages-petrol-stations-sweeps-across-russia-2026-08-17/


Call for the release of OSCE SMM staff members

https://zmina.ua/en/statements-en/the-release-of-osce-smm-staff-members-is-a-prerequisite-for-the-implementation-of-ceasefire-monitoring/


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HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Smoke fills Moscow sky after Ukraine wipes out key Wildberries warehouse
  • Russian space centre destroyed, 9000km from Ukraine

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