The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to strike enemy logistics hubs. Following the highly successful destruction of the Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Ukrainian drones successfully struck two similar facilities near Podolsk, on the outskirts of Moscow.
OSINT communities have confirmed successful attacks on Wildberries' largest sorting center in Koledino, the South Gate industrial park near the village of Metkino, and the oil depot in Lvovskoye. All of these facilities are located within 20–30 km of Moscow.
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This means that they were protected by the air defenses surrounding the russian capital, which had been reinforced at the expense of strategic facilities elsewhere—such as the nuclear submarine plants in Severodvinsk, which had been left unprotected.
Considering only the Pantsir air-defense systems—which russia relies on as its primary means of intercepting long-range attack drones—there are about two dozen such missile-and-gun systems deployed around Podolsk. Five of them are located in the immediate vicinity of the targets that were successfully struck.
In addition to these, the positions of three more S-300/400 systems have been detected near the targeted sites. The overall situation regarding the number of air defense systems is clearly visible on the map generated by Jembob.
At the same time, it should be noted that this map is based on satellite imagery and videos from locals who filmed stationary air defense positions. There are approximately 90 Pantsir air defense systems and about 25 S-300/400 batteries in the Moscow area. This figure does not include the russians' practice of reinforcing their air defenses with Pantsir systems deployed at overpasses, as they did during an attempt to repel a drone attack on the Kapotnya oil refinery.
It is also worth noting that, in order to reach targets in the Podolsk area, Ukrainian drones had to overcome air-defense positions deployed around Moscow along the A108 highway and fly more than 750 km in total.
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