The deadliest strike hit a warehouse in Chekhov, south of Moscow, while separate drone attacks damaged Wildberries facilities near St. Petersburg and in Russia’s Tver region. Wildberries said the St. Petersburg warehouse caught fire but reported no casualties there.
This video is purportedly from one of the strikes on an unknown Wildberries facility reported earlier today, but that has not been verified.
Wildberries, often compared to Amazon because of its dominant role in Russia’s e-commerce and nationwide fulfillment network, has become a recurring target. According to Reuters, Ukraine has attacked more than a dozen Wildberries facilities since July 18 as part of an expanding campaign against Russia’s logistics infrastructure. Kyiv says these warehouses support Russia’s war effort by serving as logistics hubs and distribution centers, while Moscow and Wildberries deny those claims and describe the attacks as terrorism.
The strikes fit Ukraine’s broader deep-strike campaign targeting logistics hubs, rail infrastructure, fuel depots, and defense-industrial facilities inside Russia in an effort to complicate military logistics and increase the economic cost of the war.
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