Ukrainian drones hit more sites of Russian online retailer Wildberries
Wildberries said several people were injured and 105 firefighters battled the blaze as Kyiv widened drone attacks on logistics hubs.
- On July 18, Ukrainian drone strikes hit two major Wildberries warehouses in Elektrostal and Kotovsk, killing eight employees and wounding 80 people.
- These attacks on Russia's largest online retailer signify a strategic shift by Ukraine to target critical domestic infrastructure, moving the war beyond the front lines.
- Military experts estimate these strikes caused $1.3 billion in damages, while Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim said the incident was "terrible events for our company and our country."
- Tambov Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov pledged 1.5 million rubles to families of the deceased, as management announced plans to resume operations at the Kotovsk facility on July 23.
- On Wednesday, additional strikes on warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk continued Ukraine's campaign to create systemic weakening and fear within the Russian population.
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According to Russian sources, two people have been killed in Ukrainian drone attacks on an online retailer in Russia.
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From humble origins as a family business run out of an apartment near Moscow, Wildberries has grown in under two decades into Russia’s top online retailer and a key economic driver in the country. It has now become a target of strikes by Ukraine. Ukraine has attacked four Wildberries warehouses over the last week in a widening campaign of drone strikes against a company at the heart of Russia’s consumer economy, bringing the war closer to mill…
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