Fire burns after a Ukrainian drone strike on a warehouse of the Russian online retailer Wildberries in Koledino, outside Moscow, July 20, 2026 (Exilenova)
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UPDATE 1508 GMT:
At least 14 civilians were murdered and at least 162 injured by Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day.
Three people were killed and at least 78 injured by Russian guided aerial bombs on Zaporizhzhia city in southern Ukraine (see 0707 GMT). Six bombs struck four locations, damaging industrial and warehouse facilities and residential areas, including 79 apartment buildings.
In the Kharkiv region in the northeast, four people were slain and 46 injured. In the neighboring Sumy region, one person was killed and five wounded. A rehabilitation center for children and adults with disabilities was damaged.
In the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, two civilians were murdered and 16 injured. The attacks damaged residential buildings, a shop, a gas station, agricultural machinery, and a bus.
In the Donetsk region in the east, four people were killed and 13 injured.
Casualties were also reported from the Dnipropetrovsk region.
UPDATE 0928 GMT:
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck another 11 Russian vessels overnight: five cargo ships, five oil tankers, and a floating crane.
Trying to cut off Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine has struck 183 vessels since July 6, 119 in the Sea of Azov and 64 in the Black Sea.
UPDATE 0920 GMT:
The toll has been raised to 10 people murdered by a Russian cruise missile attack on a Turkish-owned cargo vessel, which had left the port of Odesa with grain (see 0659 GMT).
Authorities said earlier that six crew were slain with four missing.
UPDATE 0918 GMT:
Ukraine’s air defenses downed 81 of 94 drones launched by Russia overnight.
The Russians also fired two cruise missiles.
A missile and nine UAVs hit nine locations.
UPDATE 0707 GMT:
Two civilians were murdered and 42 injured, including eight children, by Russian glide bombs on Zaporizhzhia city in southeast Ukraine on Sunday evening.
The glide bombs destroyed two floors of a five-story residential building and windows and balconies of a nine-story block. A logistics terminal was struck, causing significant damage.
UPDATE 0659 GMT:
Six people were killed, with four missing, by a Russian cruise missile strike on a Turkish-owned cargo ship near Odesa in southern Ukraine on Sunday.
The victims included a Ukrainian maritime pilot.
Russia fired three missiles on the Guinea-Bissau-flagged Golden Leo as it left port with a cargo of grain. Eight members of the crew, which included Syrian and Indian nationals, were rescued. Two were injured.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Ukraine has struck near Russia’s capital Moscow, hitting an oil depot and a logistics center in the region.
Photos and videos showed thick black smoke rising over the city of Podolsk, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Moscow, after the attack on the oil depot.
Fire was reported in a warehouse of the major online retailer Wildberries. Monitoring channels said one of the company’s fulfilment centers was struck in Kolyedino, just south of Podolsk.
The attack was the second in three days on the retailer. An assault on Saturday caused damage of more than 50 billion rubles ($639 million), with up to 15% of Wildberries’ warehouse space affected.
A fire was reported at a residential building in the city of Domodedovo. Warehouses were destroyed in a logistics park in Belye Stolby.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed more than Ukrainian drones were launched towards the region, with 85 downed as they approached the capital.
