Moment apocalyptic fire engulfs huge ‘Russian Amazon’ warehouse as Putin launches revenge attack

THIS is the moment a catastrophic blaze swallowed a “Russian Amazon” warehouse as Moscow launches a revenge attack. Footage shows the huge inferno at a Wildberries warehouse at Koledino just 40km from the Kremlin, early on Sunday morning. Giant plumes of smoke billowed from the warehouse Credit: Reuters Ukrainian drones obliterated the complex Credit: Reuters Thick-dark clouds of smoke billowed from the premise after Ukrainian drones obliterated the complex. Wildberries is the largest Russian online retailer and, according to Ukrainian officials, stores military equipment for Putin. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Ukraine‘s Defence Ministry confirmed the early morning attack, noting that it is the company’s largest such facility at 250,000 square meters. The attack comes as part of Ukraine’s largest-ever aerial drone attack since the start of the war. A Wildberries emloyee looks at a plume of smoke rising Credit: AFP The huge inferno blew up the Wildberries online marketplace Credit: Reuters The strikes resulted in seven deaths and the destruction of major infrastructure – including the Wildberries. It is understood an 83-year-old man died after a Ukrainian drone hit a private home in the Moscow region. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said the country was under siege from a total of 822 Ukrainian drones. It comes just hours after Moscow sent a wave of retaliatory missile and drone strikes on Kyiv after Ukraine bombed a Russian Space Centre on Saturday. Most read in The Sun The strikes came as part of Ukraine’s largest-ever aerial drone attacks Credit: Reuters Helicopters collected water to tackle the blaze Credit: Reuters At least three people were injured in the barrages, which set fire to a large book market and struck several other buildings across the Ukrainian city. Firefighters toiled at the book market where the sky darkened apocalyptically. Additional locations across the country, including Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske and Kremenchuk, were also targeted. In Kryvyi Rih, in south-west Ukraine, one person died and more than a dozen were injured. On Saturday, Kyiv blew up a Russian space centre where Russians are believed to be creating their own equivalent of Elon Musk’s Starlink. The TsSKB-Progress complex in the Samara, Russia erupted in an intense inferno sending a giant column of smoke rising high into the sky. The facility produces Soyuz-2 launch vehicles used to project Rassvet satellites, which Moscow hopes will replace Starlink systems after its troops were cut off earlier this year. In recent months, Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russian military industries, energy facilities and commercial logistics. They hope to bring the impact of the war directly to the Russian public. It is understood a total of 7 Wildberries, including the warehouse at Koledino, have been taken out by Ukrainian forces. Comment now