Massive attack on the Moscow region, Wildberries hit – Russian losses

Ukraine carried out a massive drone attack on the Moscow region during the night. Moscow’s mayor reports that 197 drones were shot down and that the entire attack involved 600 drones. One of Wildberries’ warehouses is said to have been hit according to Russian media. There was also a fire at an aluminum factory and a fire broke out in the city of Lyubertsy just outside Moscow’s city limits, but it is not clear what is burning. A transformer station was damaged in the city of Elektrostal. Russian air defense, in its attempts to stop the attack, reportedly hit a residential building which caught fire. Read more at Kyiv Independent. A video is available here.

Russian losses

Russian losses continue to remain at a high level. Not the highest in the war but still high. We have to go back all the way to May to find a day with fewer than 1000 KWIA. Once again, we also have several air defense and special equipment in addition to numerous artillery systems and vehicles for logistics, etc.

  • 1210 KWIA
  • 2 Tanks
  • 7 AFVs
  • 55 Artillery systems
  • 3 MLRS
  • 5 Air defense systems
  • 1962 UAVs
  • 19 UGVs
  • 443 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
  • 7 Special equipment

Ukrainian General Staff morning report

Glory to Ukraine!

The 1,637th day of the Russian Federation’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.

A total of 244 combat engagements were recorded during the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out 91 air strikes, dropping 306 guided aerial bombs. In addition, the attackers used 11,138 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,310 shellings against communities and our troops’ positions, including 50 with rocket artillery.

The communities of Korenok, Neskuchne, Bachivsk, Sopych, Ulanove, Buniakyne, Volfyne, Hirky, Rohizne, Kucherivka, and Hutko-Ozhynka in the Sumy region were subjected to hostile artillery fire. The enemy also carried out an air strike on the area around Tovstodubove.

During the past day, the defense forces’ air force, missile units, and artillery struck two command posts, two areas with concentrations of enemy personnel, two artillery systems, one air defense system, and five command posts for unmanned aerial vehicles.

On the Northern Slobozhansk and Kursk sectors, our defenders repelled 17 enemy attacks during the past day. Meanwhile, the attacker carried out three air strikes, dropped nine aerial bombs, and conducted 64 shellings against our troops’ positions and communities, including nine with rocket artillery.

On the Southern Slobozhansk sector, Ukrainian units repelled seven enemy attacks. The attackers attempted to advance in the area around Vovtjansk and in the direction of Botjkove, Lyman, Izbytske, Nesterne, and Volokhivka.

On the Kupyansk sector, the enemy conducted five offensive attacks towards Radkivka and Petropavlivka.

Attempts to break through our defensive lines were repelled on the Lyman sector, where occupation forces carried out two attacks in the areas around Zaritjne and Novoselivka.

On the Sloviansk sector, the enemy conducted 17 assault attempts in the areas around Riznykivka, Kryva Luka, and Zakitne as well as in the direction of Rai-Oleksandrivka and Mykolajivka.

On the Kramatorsk sector, the Russian attackers carried out five offensive attacks in the area around Minkivka and towards Jurkivka.

On the Kostiantynivka sector, 27 attacks were recorded. The attackers attempted assaults in the areas around Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Novoselivka, Sofiivka, and Rusyn Jar, as well as towards Vilne, Kutjeriv Jar, and Novopavlivka.

On the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy conducted 34 attacks. Occupation forces tried to advance in the areas around Kotlyne, Udatjne, Molodetske, and Novomykolajivka, as well as towards Novyj Donbas, Hannivka, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novohrishyne, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, Svitlé, and Filiia.

On the Oleksandrivka sector, the attackers carried out an attack towards Nove Zaporizhzhia.

On the Huliaipole sector, occupation forces attacked our defenders’ positions 11 times. The enemy attempted to advance towards Rivne, Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove, Hirke, and Tiarivne, as well as in the area around Zaliznytjne.

On the Orikhiv sector, our defenders stopped four enemy attempts to advance towards Prymorske and Lukjanivske, as well as in the area around Plavni.

On the Dnipro sector, a combat engagement with the enemy took place.

On the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of the enemy forming offensive strike groups have been observed.

In total, the Russian attackers’ losses during the past day amounted to 1,210 personnel. In addition, two tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, 55 artillery systems, three multiple launch rocket systems, five air defense systems, 19 ground-based missile systems, 1,962 unmanned aerial vehicles, one heavy flamethrower system, 443 vehicles, and seven units of special equipment were neutralized.

Join the defense forces! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!

SLAVA UKRAINI


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9 thoughts on “Massive attack on the Moscow region, Wildberries hit – Russian losses”

  1. The attack against Moscow

    ** ⚡️ BREAKING: 600 drones attack Moscow area, Russia says. Overnight on August 18, 2026, a mass drone attack targeted the Moscow region, damaging a Wildberries warehouse after Russian officials claimed to shoot down 180 of the incoming UAVs. ** https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3mtdhfavyb22s

    **The largest drone attack on Moscow in two years happened overnight and this morning: more than 600 UAVs were reportedly heading toward the capital. The airdrops keep coming! ** Movie: https://bsky.app/profile/slavaukraini033.bsky.social/post/3mtdilzljks2e

    ** In Elektrostal, a car and a transformer substation were damaged, while a private house was hit in the Ramensky district. Restrictions were imposed at all four Moscow airports. The drone attack is still ongoing. ** Movie: https://bsky.app/profile/slavaukraini033.bsky.social/post/3mtdiyjd4mk25

  2. Pehr posted this in yesterday’s thread, but I’m repeating it in case not everyone is following it.
    I think they have a point here; they stand for the EU’s border defense against Russia and should probably get more help. Both financially and by us placing more troops and equipment in the border countries. Or why not hold rotating exercises there?

    “Latvia wants seven billion euros in next year’s EU budget to cover the costs of the hard line against Russia, reports Politico. That corresponds to half the country’s defense costs during the seven-year budget period.

    A growing Latvian public opinion believes that the countries bordering Russia bear an unreasonably large cost for the military buildup and the economic loss caused by the closed trade route eastward.

    The country is taking loans to protect EU countries further away from Russia, and a large part of the money is spent on weapons from richer countries like Germany, France, and Sweden, according to Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs.

    – Our budget deficit is soaring, and with that debt, we are paying for the defense of all of Europe, he says.”
    https://omni.se/lettland-vi-skyddar-eu-ge-oss-mer-pengar/a/M7a860

  3. USD against the ruble is now at 85.2, and we have to go back to March 2025 to find the same level. The rise has been quite rapid since May this year when it was at 71.

    Maybe it doesn’t say much, but it could be interesting to keep an eye on it going forward, if it continues on the same track.

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