Ukrainian drones have struck further warehouse sites operated by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, killing one person and injuring 14 others, according to local officials cited by BBC News.
The attacks took place overnight at logistics hubs in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, prompting staff evacuations. Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim said workers had been moved from centres in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk after the strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the hubs were involved in supplying the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment and other items. Four days earlier, Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses in central Russia killed eight people, Russian officials said.
Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said 10 people were injured at a warehouse complex, three of them seriously, and later reported that a young woman had died in hospital. Stavropol Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said five people were hurt at a warehouse complex on the outskirts of Nevinnomyssk.
BBC Verify said it had examined footage and confirmed fires at both sites. BBC News also reported that, several hours after the latest strikes, searches on Wildberries’ website showed military-related goods including body armour and drone components available for sale.
Serhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, told the BBC that Wildberries was a significant part of Russian logistics and that Russian volunteers used the platform to buy military equipment. He said the purpose of such strikes was to disrupt supplies of dual-use goods and electronics to Russia’s military and arms manufacturers.
The BBC also reported that the attacks had affected hundreds of small and medium-sized sellers who rely on online marketplaces. One trader told BBC Russian she had lost clothing stock that provided her only income, while another said in a widely shared social media post that she had lost one million roubles.
