Ukraine Disabled 7 of 10 Largest Wildberries Warehouses

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday, Aug. 16, that recent operations have disabled seven of the ten largest logistics centers belonging to the Russian e-commerce company Wildberries. The ministry stated that the company’s logistics hub in the Koledino industrial park near Podolsk, which at 250,000 square meters (2,691,000 square feet) is its largest warehouse, ceased operations following a large-scale drone attack on the Moscow region early Sunday morning.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. A second warehouse in Domodedovo also halted operations, the ministry reported. The Defense Ministry’s statement noted that “Russian logistics are acutely feeling the consequences of the war that the Russian Federation brought to Ukraine.” Sunday strikes on Moscow region The Sunday morning drone attack caused a large-scale fire at the Wildberries complex in the village of Koledino, as well as at the Severnoye Domodedovo multimodal logistics complex. Local Telegram channels reported explosions and air defense activity in Domodedovo, Chekhov, Podolsk, and the Stupinsky district. Following the attacks, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) announced that flight operations at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports were temporarily suspended. The Koledino area was previously targeted on July 28, when a fire broke out at the nearby Koledino3Pl logistics complex following a drone strike. Broader campaign against Wildberries The recent strikes are part of a sustained campaign targeting both the physical and digital infrastructure of Wildberries, which accounts for approximately 10% of Russia’s retail sales. Other Topics of Interest Over 1,550 Drones, 62 Missiles Target Ukraine in One Week Russia launched over 1,550 attack drones, nearly 1,560 aerial bombs, and 62 missiles at Ukraine within a single week, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported. On Aug. 10-11, cyber specialists from Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) attacked the company’s digital networks. HUR’s Cyber Corps reported that the operation caused large-scale disruptions, affecting customer service channels, destabilizing payment infrastructure, and preventing users from completing financial transactions. The cyberattack compounds the damage caused by a series of drone strikes. Since mid-July, Ukraine has targeted at least 23 Wildberries facilities. Data Insight analysts estimated that prior to the Sunday attacks, the company had already lost up to one-third of its warehouse space, with destroyed or damaged goods valued at approximately 480 billion rubles ($5.7 billion). The financial losses are roughly equivalent to the annual budgets of wealthier Russian regions like Krasnoyarsk Krai. Kyiv has stated that Wildberries is a legitimate military target, asserting that the marketplace sells goods used by the Russian armed forces. While the company denies supplying the military, reports indicate that dual-use items such as first-person-view (FPV) drones and fiber-optic cables were available for purchase on the platform in early August. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.