Ukraine has struck the logistics facilities of Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, for the second time in four days. The drone strikes, carried out overnight, caused large fires and left at least 15 people injured. According to Russian authorities, the targets were the company's logistics centers in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, and significant damage to infrastructure was reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the warehouses were used to supply the Russian military with components for drones, navigation equipment and other dual-use technologies. In addition to the Wildberries warehouses, Ukrainian forces also said they had struck an oil depot in Armavir, killing one worker, as well as a tanker and a cargo ship belonging to the Russian “shadow fleet” in the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea. Wildberries founder and CEO Tatyana Kim confirmed the strikes on logistics centers in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk.

“There are no words to describe the emotions caused by the attacks on ordinary people and our employees. However, these events show us that we must continue our work,” she wrote on Telegram. Local authorities reported that five people were injured in Nevinnomyssk, while ten others were injured in Krasnodar, three of them in serious condition. Footage published by international agencies showed thick columns of smoke and explosions at the hit facilities.


The attack comes just days after Saturday's strikes on Wildberries warehouses in Tambov and Elektrostal, which killed eight employees. The head of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, Serhiy Kuzan, told the BBC that the Wildberries warehouses were used to distribute dual-use goods, including electronics and components that, he said, ended up in the Russian military supply chain. "The main goal is to disrupt the logistics that support the Russian military industry. In addition to the impact on military supplies, such attacks can have economic and psychological consequences for Russia," Kuzan said. The strikes on logistics infrastructure show that the war between Russia and Ukraine is increasingly expanding towards dual-use targets, increasing the impact of the conflict on the economy and the civilian sector.

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