Wildberries, one of Russia’s largest online marketplaces, faced four separate drone attacks targeting its logistics facilities in different regions of the country between July 18 and 24, 2026. A total of eight warehouses were reportedly hit within one week, affecting more than 10 percent of the company’s storage capacity and the inventories of thousands of sellers connected to the platform.

Timeline of the Wildberries Attacks

The first attacks took place on July 18 at facilities in Elektrostal and Kotovsk. Eight employees were killed in these attacks. The Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk facilities were targeted on July 22, while the Voronezh center was attacked on July 23. On the night of July 24, three more Wildberries warehouses were hit in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region, and Russian-controlled Simferopol. Two large columns of smoke were seen around St. Petersburg, while three people were reported injured in the fire in Novosaratovka.

The company temporarily suspended operations at its Shushary and Utkin Zavod centers. It was reported that the Simferopol facility is one of Crimea’s key distribution hubs, while a fire was also reported near a Wildberries facility in Tver. During the attacks, approximately 50 flights were delayed at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg.

Inventory Losses Affected Small Businesses

In the attacks, Viktoria Terekhova, founder of the children’s clothing brand Fareal Kids, lost 12,000 products in Elektrostal and 4,000 products in warehouses in the south. The damaged products accounted for approximately 45 percent of the company’s inventory. Oleg Kondratyev, co-founder of a women’s tracksuit brand, said that products worth around 5 million rubles were destroyed and that he was considering taking legal action to seek compensation.

Support Payments Begin for More Than 88,000 Sellers

Despite a contractual clause that classifies drone attacks as force majeure, Wildberries reportedly began making support payments to more than 88,000 sellers. The company is also working to transfer products to other warehouses and provide loan deferrals and logistics support. The Association of Participants in the Russian E-Commerce Market requested that taxes for affected businesses be deferred for six months. Under normal conditions, the platform processes more than 20 million orders per day.

Ukraine argues that the warehouses were involved in the shipment of dual-use products such as drone components and navigation equipment. The Kremlin and Wildberries management, however, state that the facilities serve civilian commerce. At least 21 people were reported killed across Russia and Ukraine on July 24, when reciprocal air attacks intensified.