Satellite images show four Wildberries facilities heavily damaged or destroyed. Kyiv targets e-commerce logistics, costing merchants $1.8 billion in merchandise.
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Satellite imagery captured in early August by US spatial intelligence firm Vantor and obtained by Business Insider shows four Wildberries facilities across Russia heavily damaged or completely destroyed by recent Ukrainian drone strikes. The attacks have targeted Russia's largest online retailer, reducing massive warehouses from the outskirts of Moscow to the Black Sea to rubble.
Wildberries, which launched in 2024, is often described as Russia's version of Amazon. Merchants list goods for sale on its platform, and the company handles logistics for millions of orders. Kyiv began hitting Wildberries warehouses last month to further strain the Russian economy, accusing the company of supporting Moscow's war efforts by selling military and dual-use goods like tactical vests and drone flight-control goggles, and through logistics support. The Kremlin has denied that the company is involved in its war efforts.
The Ukrainian defense ministry said Tuesday after a strike: "Russian logistics, dismantled one hub at a time."
Ukraine has used long-range drones to attack roughly 20 Wildberries facilities since mid-July. The strikes have often triggered fires and sent large plumes of smoke across the sky. At least a dozen people have reportedly been killed.
Ukrainian defense company Fire Point has said its FP-1 drones are being used. These fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft can travel hundreds of miles across the border into Russia before crashing into their targets and detonating on impact. Earlier this week, Fire Point said its FP-1 drones hit a Wildberries logistics hub in Krasny Bor near St. Petersburg. The company described that facility as "one of the company's largest facilities" in northwestern Russia, able to hold more than 57 million units at a time, including dual-use goods for the military. "It was there. Now it's not," Fire Point said Tuesday.
Wildberries lost roughly 10% of its warehouse space due to the July attacks alone, and the August strikes have continued to disrupt its logistics network. Forbes Russia estimated that two attacks alone cost merchants at least $1.8 billion in merchandise.
The campaign against Wildberries logistics hubs is playing out alongside Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy facilities. Energy strikes have long been a centerpiece of the Ukrainian deep-strike campaign. Officials in Kyiv often describe them as a way of enforcing "long-range" sanctions against Russia.
Overnight on Wednesday, Ukrainian forces hit the Yaroslavl oil refinery, one of the largest in northern Russia. Kyiv's military said the facility has an annual crude oil refining capacity of roughly 15 million tons. The Unmanned Systems Forces, which carried out the strike operation, said it continues to "systematically reduce" Russia's ability to supply fuel to its military.
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