Moscow hit as Wildberries warehouse strikes continue

Ukrainian forces struck logistics facilities and an oil depot near Moscow on Monday as the city reported more than 400 drones inbound, officials said, marking day 1,609 of the war. The strikes set fires at a Wildberries warehouse in the Yuzhnye Vrata industrial park and at an oil facility in Podolsk, about 20km south of the capital, the president said.

Logistics and oil hits

The strikes also targeted vessels in the Black Sea, the president said, with Kyiv reporting hits on two ships tied to the shadow fleet and four dry cargo vessels. Russia continued a heavy missile campaign in July: the Institute for the Study of War said Moscow appears to be launching more ballistic missiles than it produces monthly and "appears to be dipping into its stockpiles" to sustain the tempo.

Fighting on the home front left civilians dead across Ukraine. An infrastructure strike in Odesa killed at least three people, a city official said; regional authorities reported 28 fatalities in the Odesa region so far in July. There were further deaths in Pavlograd, Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia, officials said.

Border regions saw reciprocal strikes. The acting governor of Belgorod, Alexander Shuvaev, said a drone struck a coach and a car wash, killing six people; Kyiv denies targeting civilians. The seaports authority said a cargo vessel that left Odesa was hit and 10 crew died, and India's foreign ministry confirmed four nationals among the dead.

A source in the armed forces said, "His destiny is decided," about the commander-in-chief; officials signalled a personnel decision could come within days, possibly by July 24.