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Ukraine Drone Barrage Hits Wildberries Koledino Hub as Russia Says 822 Drones Were Neutralised

Kyiv says the strikes target logistics used by Russia's military, a move that risks exhausting air‑defence interceptors and disrupting national retail supply chains.

Overview

  • Russia said on Sunday that its forces intercepted or neutralised roughly 822 Ukrainian drones in strikes that it said hit targets across 17 regions and that at least six people were killed.
  • Geolocated footage and regional officials reported a large fire at WildberriesKoledino logistics complex, a roughly 250,000 square‑metre warehouse described as one of the company's largest facilities.
  • Ukraine's Defence Ministry has publicly said seven of Wildberries’ 10 largest logistics centres have been disabled, and Kyiv describes the campaign as aimed at dual‑use routes and goods that can reach Russian forces.
  • Wildberries and the Kremlin deny the company supplies the military, but Moscow‑based Data Insight estimated the retailer may have lost up to a third of its warehouse space and heavy inventory value, prompting the company to decentralise logistics and announce relief for sellers.
  • The strikes deepen a reciprocal drone‑missile exchange that strains Russian interceptors, raises costs and disruption for small sellers and consumers, and increases Kyiv's urgency for faster Western munitions and licensed production options.