Ukraine strikes Wildberries warehouses in Russia for fourth time in a week
Ukrainian drones struck warehouses belonging to the marketplace Wildberries overnight on July 24, the company said, adding that it had suspended operations at its logistics complexes in Shushary, near St. Petersburg, and in the “Utkina Zavod” industrial zone in the Leningrad region.
St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said Ukrainian drones struck civilian infrastructure on Moskovskoye Highway, where cleanup efforts are now underway. He did not specify what kind of facilities were hit, though the Wildberries warehouse in Shushary sits on that same highway, and reported no casualties.
Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed that a Ukrainian drone strike had set fire to Wildberries warehouses in the village of Novosaratovka, where the “Utkina Zavod” industrial zone is located, injuring three people.
A drone strike also caused a warehouse to collapse at the Severnaya poultry farm in the settlement of Sinyavino, in the Leningrad region’s Kirovsky District, the governor said. No one was hurt there.
Citing photos and videos from witnesses, the independent Telegram channel Astra reported that at least three buildings were burning in the “Utkina Zavod” industrial zone, one of them the Wildberries warehouse. Ownership of a neighboring building on fire is unclear, while a third houses a distribution center belonging to the construction supply company Petrovich.
Wildberries also said its sorting center in Simferopol, in occupied Crimea, “was evacuated in accordance with safety requirements.” overnight. The Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+ claims Ukrainian drones attacked the warehouse, an assertion echoed by the local public page “ChP / Simferopol,” which reported the same. Exilenova+ published video of what it says was a fire at the marketplace’s warehouse there, though there has been no official confirmation of a blaze.
Other reports suggest a Ukrainian strike may have hit a Wildberries warehouse in Tver as well. Telegram channels published several photos and videos of a fire that reportedly broke out in the city following a Ukrainian drone attack, though neither local authorities nor Wildberries have reported any strike or evacuation there. Russia’s Defense Ministry, however, lists the Tver region among those where Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight.
This marks the fourth time in a week that Ukraine has struck Wildberries warehouses. Previous strikes hit the company’s logistics centers in the Moscow, Tambov, and Voronezh regions, as well as in Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais.
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