Wildberries, which launched in 2024, is often described as Russia’s version of Amazon<\/a>, where merchants can list goods for sale online.<\/p>\n A Wildberries facility in Simferopol on July 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor.<\/p>\n That same facility on August 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor.<\/p>\n Kyiv began attacking Wildberries<\/a> warehouses last month to further strain the Russian economy, and has accused the company of supporting Moscow’s war efforts by selling both military and dual-use goods, such as tactical vests and drone flight-control goggles, and through logistics.<\/p>\n “Russian logistics, dismantled one hub at a time,” the Ukrainian defense ministry said Tuesday after a strike. The Kremlin has denied that the company is involved in its war efforts.<\/p>\n Ukraine has used long-range drones<\/a> to attack roughly 20 Wildberries facilities since mid-July, often triggering fires and sending enormous plumes of smoke into the skies. At least a dozen people have reportedly been killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Wildberries facility in Volgograd on July 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor.<\/p>\n Ukraine has attacked a number of Wildberries facilities across Russia in recent weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor.<\/p>\n Ukrainian defense company Fire Point<\/a> has said that its FP-1 drones<\/a> are being used in the attacks. These fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft can travel hundreds of miles across the border into Russia before crashing into their targets and detonating on impact.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, Fire Point said that its FP-1 drones were used to hit a Wildberries logistics hub in Krasny Bor, near St. Petersburg, describing it as “one of the company’s largest facilities” in northwestern Russia that could hold more than 57 million units at a time, including dual-use goods for the military.<\/p>\n “It was there. Now it’s not,” Fire Point said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n A Wildberries facility in Elektrostal on May 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor.<\/p>\n That same facility on August 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n Satellite image \u00a92026 Vantor.<\/p>\n Wildberries was estimated to have lost roughly 10% of its warehouse space due to the July attacks, and the August strikes have continued to disrupt its logistics network. Two attacks alone are estimated to have cost merchants at least $1.8 billion in merchandise, according to Forbes Russia<\/a>, underscoring the strain.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s campaign targeting Wildberries’ logistics hubs is playing out alongside its attacks on\u00a0Russian energy<\/a> facilities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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