Ukraine-Russia war latest: Five killed as Kyiv strikes warehouses including Wildberries facility, Russia says

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Five killed as Kyiv strikes warehouses including Wildberries facility, Russia says More than 300 drones hit Russian cities and warehouses in overnight attacks, says its defence ministry - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments A warehouse run by Russian online retailer Wildberries in Russia's Tver region was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack, the acting regional governor said this morning. Russian forces have brought down or destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight over 19 different regions, its defence ministry announced this morning. No workers were injured and emergency services were working at the scene, Vitaly Korolyov said. This is the second warehouse facility attacked in the span of a few hours in Russia. Earlier, officials in St Petersburg said a warehouse was attacked and five people were killed but they did not mention if it was a Wildberries facility. The major attack overnight killed has six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said. Of these, five people were killed in the attack on a warehouse facility and one in the border region of Belgorod. Ukraine's former military chief says country has no chance of joining Nato Ukraine’s former commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi has said there is no prospect of the war-hit nation joining Nato. Speaking at a meeting of Ukrainian ambassadors yesterday, the decorated former war chief and now ambassador to the UK said that Ukraine in no way met the military standards needed to join the alliance. “I know Nato really well. For about 12 years I personally worked on making sure we met Nato standards, and every year I heard tales about how we would join Nato any day now,” a news report quoted him as telling the meeting. “Unfortunately, we will never actually join.” The former commander-in-chief, who was dismissed from his role after his differences with Volodymyr Zelensky became public, said it was “impossible with the level of development that the armed forces of Ukraine have… to join an organisation guided by World War 2 doctrines”. Wildberries facility among warehouses hit by Ukraine overnight, Russia says A warehouse run by Russian online retailer Wildberries in Russia's Tver region was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack, the acting regional governor said this morning. No workers were injured and emergency services were working at the scene, Vitaly Korolyov said. This is the second warehouse facility attacked in the span of few hours in Russia. Earlier, officials in St Petersburg said a warehouse was attacked and five people were killed but they did not mention if it was a Wildberries facility. Russia says it destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight Russian forces have brought down or destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight over 19 different regions, its defence ministry announced this morning. Russia typically reports only how many drones its air defences say they downed, not how many Ukraine launched, and rarely discloses the full extent of damage unless civilians are killed or civilian sites are hit. The major attack overnight killed six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said. Of these, five people were killed in the attack on a warehouse facility and one in the border region of Belgorod. Iran cancels plans to attack Ukraine after Kyiv apologises The Iranian military has cancelled its planned strikes on three sites in Ukraine after an apology from Kyiv, a senior advisor to Iran’s leadership said. Iran said an attack in the Caspian Sea in late July resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another. Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi had vowed that the Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel "cannot go unanswered". However, Mohsen Rezaei told Iranian state broadcaster PressTV that Tehran had planned to hit back and vowed to avenge an attack on its merchant vessel. “We were set to strike three sites in Ukraine, but canceled the attack following Ukraine's apology," he said. Watch: Russian strike on Odesa transport facility injures 10 as firefighters battle blaze Russian embassy in Rome blames Ukraine for deadly Italian restaurant bombing in Moscow The Russian Embassy in Rome on Monday blamed Ukraine for a deadly weekend bombing at a Moscow restaurant, describing it as an attempt to intimidate the Italian community in Russia. The embassy said “Kyiv terrorists” wanted to “scare the Italians working in Russia and to show them that they too are in the crosshairs and could become the scoundrels' next victims.” It was refering to the Saturday night attack on the Balzi Rossi restaurant which killed five and injured 19, adding that its Italian chef and his staff were unhurt only thanks to a Russian security guard's “vigilance and selfless dedication to his professional duty.” The National Anti-Terrorism Committee, which coordinates various security agencies, initially reported a lower death toll in a statement issued shortly after the attack. It said the bomb killed three people, including a woman who carried the explosive device into the restaurant, a guard who stopped her, and a guest inside. It said 21 others were injured when the bomb detonated near the restaurant's entrance. The committee didn’t say who was the target or name the mastermind. Five killed as warehouse catches fire in drone attack on Moscow At least five people were killed and six other injured after Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's Moscow region, regional governor Andrei Vorobyov said in a Telegram post this morning. A warehouse caught fire which was later extinguished, he said, adding that a private house and a car were also damaged. Glide bombs, missiles and drones: Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks killing 12 At least 12 people were killed in separate attacks in Ukraine and Russia yesterday as the two sides exchanged deadly strikes. Russia attacked Ukraine with 181 long-range strike drones overnight from Sunday to Monday, according to the Ukrainian air force. It said air defences jammed and intercepted 163 drones, but 14 caused damage at 13 locations. Here’s a look at all the attacks spanning 24 hours: • Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said on Monday.. • Seven people were killed by Ukrainian drone debris in Arkhipo-Osipovka, a small town on Russia’s Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar region, regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said, adding that 40 others were wounded.. • Three other people were killed and two were wounded in Ukraine's overnight attack on the illegally annexed Crimea, said the peninsula’s Russian-installed head, Sergei Aksyonov but gave no details. Russia says Ukrainian drone attack on holiday-makers killed seven At least seven people, including three children, were killed and 40 injured at Russia's Black Sea holiday resort of Gelendzhik, in what Moscow claimed was a deliberate Ukrainian drone attack on civilians. Social media videos, verified by Reuters, showed what appears to be a drone slamming into a busy beach area near the town of Gelendzhik, accompanied by a loud explosion. It was unclear from the footage whether the drone was intercepted before hitting the beach. Ukraine has not issued a statement on the attack, but its military has repeatedly said it does not deliberately target civilians. Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of Russia's southern Krasnodar region where Gelendzhik is located, called what had happened a tragedy. The health ministry said that 21 people, including three children, had been rushed to hospital and that nine people were in a serious condition. “What happened today was a deliberate attack by the Kyiv regime on the civilian population, which has no connection whatsoever to military infrastructure,” Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of Russia's southern Krasnodar region which includes the resort, said in a statement on Telegram. A specialist medical disaster team had been dispatched to the scene of the explosion at the holiday village of Arkhipo-Osipovka, part of the wider Gelendzhik resort area, local authorities said. Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was cited by the TASS state news agency as accusing Ukraine of resorting to terrorism. Seven dead after Ukrainian drone strikes popular Russian beach Zelensky dismisses Ukraine's ambassador to US President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Olha Stefanishyna, in a decree published yesterday. Stefanishyna had been in her job for nearly a year. Her departure had been expected for several weeks. Her departure coincides with a shake-up in recent weeks of top officials, including the replacement of the prime minister and defence minister. A reshuffle of Ukraine's diplomatic and ambassadorial appointments is also expected. Stefanishyna, writing on Facebook, said the decision to leave her post was "my own decision, driven by personal circumstances... " and said she had accomplished much during her time in the post. “We boosted the supply of American weapons and maintained support right when the political climate in Washington was changing and not in our favour,” she wrote. 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