Overview
- This week Ukrainian drones have hit multiple Wildberries warehouses across Russia, including reported strikes in Tambov, Elektrostal and a St. Petersburg‑area hub that caused large fires, evacuations and reported casualties.
- Ukrainian officials and independent open‑source verification point to Wildberries shipments and online listings of dual‑use items as the rationale for targeting the company’s logistics network.
- Wildberries is Russia’s largest e‑commerce platform with tens of thousands of pickup points and a vast workforce, and the company and Russian officials have condemned the strikes as attacks on civilian workers.
- Media and analyst estimates place damage in the hundreds of millions of euros and say the raids have reduced Wildberries’ logistical capacity by a low single‑ to low double‑digit percentage.
- The campaign could force changes to how Russian retail logistics operate, increase economic strain on consumers and feed a heated legal and propaganda dispute over when commercial networks become legitimate military targets.