Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, said on Wednesday that several people were injured in Ukrainian attacks on the company’s warehouses.
Vladimir Kondratyev, the governor of southern Krasnodar, said one person was killed in the Ukrainian attacks on Wednesday, but he did not clarify whether it was an attack on Wildberries or elsewhere.
What do we know about the latest Ukrainian attack on Wildberries?
Wildberries co-founder and CEO Tatyana Kim said Wednesday’s attacks targeted facilities in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk.
Social media footage showed smoke billowing over the Krasnodar logistics site, which Kim said had been evacuated to a facility in Nevinnomyssk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the attacks on X, without naming Wildberries.
Zelensky wrote, “Today, Ukraine’s long-range interdiction successfully struck key targets in Russia’s Krasnodar and Stavropol regions – logistics centers supplying drone components, navigation equipment and other gear to the Russian military, as well as another oil depot.”
Wednesday’s attacks follow the deaths of eight workers in attacks that destroyed Wildberry facilities on Saturday.
“There are no words to describe all the feelings and emotions caused by the attacks on ordinary people, on our employees, on all of us who are simply doing our jobs,” Kim said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukraine expands defense to target Russia’s civilian economy
Wildberries, often called the Amazon of Russia, are a major component of the country’s civil economy. Kiev has also accused it of providing military logistics and shipping for the country’s military.
Online sales in Russia were projected to total 11.5 trillion rubles ($147 billion, €129 billion) in 2025, up 28% from 2024, according to the country’s Association of Internet Trade Companies.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said sales of goods and services on digital platforms are equivalent to about 8.5% of GDP.
Wednesday’s attacks represent a broader trend of Ukrainian attacks inside Russia as Moscow continues to target civilian infrastructure in the offensive it launched against neighboring Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
In addition to its expanded attacks on Russia’s civilian economy, the commander of Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces announced that Kiev’s forces had also attacked 13 Russian ships in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov over the past 48 hours.
Edited by: Rana Taha
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