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Ukraine Strikes Wildberries Warehouses in Escalating Long‑Range Drone Campaign

Kyiv says the attacks are aimed at logistics and defence supply nodes to disrupt Russia’s war effort.

Overview

  • Wildberries confirmed late Saturday that three logistics centres — in St. Petersburg, its outskirts and in Simferopol on Crimea — were attacked and that operations at the affected hubs were temporarily suspended.
  • The Russian Defence Ministry reported it shot down hundreds of drones overnight, giving a figure of about 571 intercepted in multiple regions.
  • Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said strikes also hit a key arms‑component factory in Kirov and an oil refinery in Tyumen as part of efforts to cut Russia’s military supply chains.
  • Regional authorities on both sides reported civilian deaths and injuries from the exchanges, with independent verification limited and official tolls differing between Russian and Ukrainian sources.
  • Analysts warn repeated hits on Wildberries — a platform used by tens of millions of Russians and many small sellers — could cause wide consumer and seller disruption inside Russia and raise the risk of further escalation.