In brief
Ukrainian drones attacked Wildberries logistics hubs, injuring 15 people amid fire. The strikes follow earlier attacks that killed eight and target the company’s role in supplying dual‑use goods to Russia's army. Satellite imagery confirms extensive fire damage to several warehouses. The attacks intensify efforts to cripple Russia’s supply chain amid the ongoing war.
Ukrainian drone attacks hit Wildberries warehouses again, injuring 15
Ukrainian drones struck logistics hubs managed by Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, causing fire and casualties during the night of July 22/23.
The strikes came just days after similar attacks on the company’s Tambov and Elektrostal sites, which killed eight people. In Nevinnomyssk and Krasnodar, 15 workers were injured, three of whom required hospital treatment.
Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim said employees were evacuated from the warehouses. She lamented the “feelings and emotions caused by the attacks on ordinary people, on our employees, on us,” but urged the business to keep operating for the benefit of consumers.
Shooting at the warehouses is part of Ukraine’s campaign to weaken Russia’s logistics network that supplies the army with dual‑use electronics and navigation equipment. According to the Ukrainian Security & Cooperation Centre, the company’s platform also sold military gear for Russian volunteers.
Satellite imagery released by Planet Labs confirms that several Wildberries facilities were completely gutted, leaving large fire‑burned columns of roofs and dust‑laden streets.
Poland’s authorities say that these operations are intended to disrupt the Russian shadow fleet that evades sanctions by exporting oil and other sanctioned goods.
