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Ukrainian drones strike Moscow region, killing one

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MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - ‌Ukrainian drones struck Moscow region ​overnight on Sunday in what the provincial governor said was ⁠one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said had ​left at least one person dead.

In posts on Telegram, ‌Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said that an 83-year-old man had been killed, with several more injured ⁠in Podolsk, where he said a ⁠warehouse belonging to Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries had been struck.

He said damage had been caused at several other sites, including at a ‌warehouse in the town of Domodedovo, close to ⁠one of Moscow's main airports.

Russia's Defence ‌Ministry said it had downed ​822 Ukrainian drones throughout the country.

Video filmed by Reuters of the aftermath of the strike ‌on Wildberries' Koledino warehouse showed ​a large plume of ⁠smoke over the site, around 45 km (28 ‌miles) south of ⁠Moscow.

Ukraine has been targeting Wildberries, which it accuses of handling military goods, in recent weeks as part ​of a wider ‌bid to damage Russian economic infrastructure it sees ⁠as underpinning Moscow's military ​campaign.

(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light; ​Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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