Overview
- Since mid-July Ukrainian forces have repeatedly struck Wildberries warehouses across Russia, damaging at least two large hubs, destroying stock and reducing the company’s warehouse space by about one third.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said cyber specialists hit Wildberries on Aug. 10–11 to knock out its remote customer service and destabilize payment processing, and sellers reported delays receiving payouts after the operation.
- On Sunday, Aug. 16 monitoring channels and local outlets reported a major strike on a Wildberries warehouse at Koledino in Moscow Oblast that produced a large fire while authorities had not yet issued full confirmation.
- Analysts cite big economic and human costs: a Moscow consultancy estimated roughly $5.9 billion in goods lost across the campaign and reporting ties at least nine worker deaths to the warehouse strikes.
- Wildberries and the Kremlin deny the company supplies the military even though the platform lists drone components, body armor and other dual‑use items; the EU has already sanctioned the firm’s banking arm, raising questions about wider supply‑chain and lender exposure.