Fresh overnight drone attacks launched by Ukrainian forces have targeted logistics facilities owned by Wildberries, Russia’s largest e-commerce platform, marking the second assault on the retailer’s infrastructure in less than a week and leaving multiple people wounded, regional officials and Russian media have confirmed.
The strikes hit two separate Wildberries warehouses located in Russia’s Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, according to comments the company’s owner shared on social media. The attack forced emergency evacuation of all on-site staff and left 10 people with injuries, local governor reports confirmed.
The new attacks come just four days after earlier drone strikes against Wildberries warehouses in the Tambov and Elektrostal areas. That earlier assault left eight people dead and 62 others injured, marking one of the deadliest attacks on Russian commercial logistics infrastructure in recent months.
Ukrainian officials have explicitly justified the targeting of Wildberries facilities, asserting that the warehouses have been repurposed to supply critical parts for Russian drone production and military navigation systems. Independent Ukrainian security analysts have expanded on this rationale, noting that the e-commerce platform has been used by Russian pro-war volunteers to source a wide range of military and dual-use goods.
“The main goal of these strikes is to cut off Russian military forces and domestic arms producers from access to dual-use components, critical electronics, and sanctioned products that move through Wildberries’ extensive logistics network,” explained Serhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, in prior comments to the BBC. Beyond disrupting military supply chains, Kuzan added that the collateral economic fallout from these attacks can create broader pressure on the Russian domestic economy, while also generating psychological shifts within Russian society that may erode public support for the ongoing full-scale invasion.
In the wake of the latest attacks, Wildberries owner Tatyana Kim issued a public statement via Telegram expressing outrage over the targeting of civilian commercial operations and ordinary workers. “There are no words to describe all the feelings and emotions caused by the attacks on ordinary people, on our employees, on us, who are simply doing our jobs,” Kim wrote. Despite the repeated assaults, she reaffirmed the company’s commitment to continuing operations, saying: “But these situations demonstrate the most important thing: we must continue to do what we do for the benefit of people.”
A video still verified by independent news outlet Reuters shows thick plumes of smoke rising from one of the targeted warehouses, following the overnight strikes that have once again highlighted the expanding scope of Ukrainian drone attacks deep into Russian territory.