Wildberries warehouses targeted in Ukraine drone strikes across Russia
Translated from Lithuanian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Ukraine has targeted multiple Wildberries warehouses across Russia with drone attacks.
- The e-commerce giant claims these attacks have disrupted logistics but no one was injured in a recent Volgograd incident.
- Kyiv accuses Wildberries of storing drone parts and supporting the Russian military.
Ukraine has intensified its drone attacks on Russian logistics centers, with multiple Wildberries warehouses reportedly targeted across Russia. The latest incident involved an attack on a Wildberries logistics hub in Volgograd, located over 350 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The company confirmed damage and a fire at the site but stated that no one was injured and that operations are being rerouted to other facilities.
You won't get any parcels, neither a drone nor a vibrator: neither to Penza, nor to the Red Army. Sorry, to Udmurtia.
These strikes follow similar Ukrainian attacks on Wildberries facilities nationwide. Kyiv alleges that the e-commerce giant, a significant part of the Russian economy employing thousands, stores drone components and provides support to the Russian military. This accusation forms the basis for Ukraine's targeting of the company's infrastructure.
Wildberries reported that the Volgograd attack caused a fire, but emergency services responded. The company's Telegram channel indicated that "logistics chains were reorganized," with goods reception and order dispatch continuing from other sites. This suggests an effort to mitigate the impact of the attacks on its operations.
Worms, demons โ yours, overthrow them yourselves. The freedom-loving birds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine only light the way.
Previous attacks on Wildberries warehouses, including those in the Tambov and Moscow regions on July 18-19, resulted in eight deaths and the destruction of facilities. More recently, a drone attack in the western Penza region injured one person and led to the evacuation of over 200 employees. Another Wildberries warehouse in Sarapul, Udmurtia, was also damaged by a Ukrainian drone strike. These repeated attacks highlight a strategic effort by Ukraine to disrupt Russian logistical capabilities and economic entities perceived as supporting the war effort.
Logistics chains were reorganized, and goods reception and order dispatch are carried out at other facilities.
Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.