- Overnight, Ukrainian drones struck three warehouses across Russia, including two run by online retailer Wildberries, killing five people, local officials said on Tuesday.
- In the Moscow region, a drone attack on Chekhov set an unnamed warehouse alight, killed five people and injured 10, Governor Andrei Vorobyov said.
- In the Tver region, another Wildberries facility was damaged by drones, acting regional governor Vitaly Korolyov said; nobody was hurt.
- Wildberries said its warehouse near St Petersburg had caught fire but there were no casualties; Kyiv says the attacks are part of a campaign to bring the war home to ordinary Russians.
- Founder and CEO Tatyana Kim called the Ukrainian attacks – which have targeted more than a dozen Wildberries sites since July 18 – "acts of terrorism".
- Kyiv has sought to disrupt Wildberries operations; Wildberries is often described as Russia's answer to Amazon and a linchpin of the consumer economy.
Ukrainian drones struck three warehouses across Russia overnight, killing five and injuring ten others. The attacks targeted facilities operated by Wildberries, a major online retailer, which has been increasingly affected by Ukrainian strikes as part of a broader campaign to disrupt Russian operations.1
The drone strikes occurred in the Moscow region, where a warehouse in Chekhov caught fire, resulting in five fatalities, according to Governor Andrei Vorobyov. "Nobody was hurt in that attack," he added, referring to the other strikes on Wildberries facilities in Tver and St. Petersburg, which caused damage but no casualties.236
Wildberries, often likened to Amazon, has become a focal point in the conflict, with its founder, Tatyana Kim, labeling the attacks as "acts of terrorism." Since July 18, more than a dozen of the company's sites have been targeted, highlighting Kyiv's strategy to bring the war closer to ordinary Russians.78
The ongoing conflict has seen a shift in tactics, with Ukraine aiming to disrupt the consumer economy in Russia, as evidenced by the targeting of Wildberries, a linchpin in the market. "Kyiv has sought to disrupt the operations of Wildberries," local officials noted, emphasizing the significance of these attacks in the broader context of the war.
“Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said the Chekhov attack alone killed five people and injured 10, while Tatyana Kim has called Ukrainian strikes targeting more than a dozen Wildberries sites since July 18 "acts of terrorism." Kyiv frames the campaign as an effort to bring the war home to ordinary Russians.”
