Wildberries
Russia's largest e-commerce company, whose Elektrostal and Kotovsk logistics hubs were struck by Ukrainian drones in July 2026.
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Ukraine struck a shopping warehouse and called it a legitimate military target; was it?
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Drones hit Wildberries hubs, eight dead
Russia-Ukraine War 2026Background
Ukrainian drones struck two Wildberries logistics hubs at Elektrostal in Moscow Oblast and Kotovsk in Tambov Oblast overnight on 17-18 July 2026, with a third strike hitting a nearby oil depot at Noginsk. Russian regional authorities reported 8 dead and more than 50 injured; the independent Russian outlet Vazhnye Istorii separately estimated damage at roughly RUB 100bn ($1.3bn) by comparison with a 2024 warehouse fire in Shushary, a figure Wildberries itself has not confirmed.
Wildberries is Russia's largest e-commerce marketplace, and the Elektrostal warehouse alone covers more than 360,000 square metres, one of the company's biggest distribution hubs. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the facilities were used to move sanctioned components for drone and navigation-equipment production, though Kyiv has not published evidence to support that. Wildberries classed the damage as Force majeure, and chief executive Tatyana Kim said the company has no obligation to compensate the small vendors whose stock was destroyed.
The strikes extend Ukraine's campaign against Russia's wartime logistics beyond military and energy sites into civilian commercial networks, and the force-majeure response shows how the cost of such strikes can be pushed onto third parties rather than absorbed by the company itself.
How many people died in the Wildberries warehouse strikes?
Why did Ukraine target Wildberries warehouses?
How much damage did the Wildberries drone strikes cause?
Will Wildberries compensate vendors for stock destroyed in the strikes?
