Overview
- On Friday, Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries warehouse in Jekaterinburg, causing a fire, an evacuation and reports of rooftop impacts from three drones.
- Satellite-image analysis reported by Reuters shows almost 20 large Wildberries centres have been partly or fully destroyed and about one‑fifth of the company’s warehouse capacity is unusable.
- Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukrainian drone units, has publicly pledged that all Wildberries logistics warehouses will be destroyed by September.
- The strikes have slashed deliveries and sales for many sellers by roughly half, put franchise operators at risk and prompted banks including Sberbank to warn of rising credit risks.
- Wildberries and the Kremlin deny the company supplies the military, while the firm has banned camera phones at sites, is building capacity in Kazakhstan and is negotiating limited government support for affected sellers; at least 13 deaths have been reported in the attacks.