Ukraine Says Drone Strikes Put Seven of Wildberries’ 10 Largest Hubs Offline

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said overnight drone strikes on August 16 set fire to Wildberries logistics facilities in Koledino near Podolsk and at Severnoye Domodedovo, halting operations at both sites. The ministry said the strikes brought the number of the company’s 10 largest logistics centers taken out of service to seven.

Independent reporting confirms that a Wildberries warehouse near Moscow caught fire during one of the largest recent drone attacks on the Moscow region. The region’s governor said at least one person was killed and several others were injured, while Bloomberg also reported fires at other facilities.

What Ukraine announced

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry presented the August 16 strikes as the latest step in a campaign against Wildberries’ logistics infrastructure. According to the ministry’s account, the affected sites included the Koledino hub and the Severnoye Domodedovo production and logistics complex.

Koledino was described in available reporting as one of Wildberries’ largest facilities, with an area of roughly 250,000 square meters. Reports citing footage from the scene showed a major fire at the complex.

The claimed figure of seven offline hubs is an Ukrainian government assessment rather than an independently verified count. A separate report from the Institute for the Study of War’s account also summarized the Ukrainian ministry’s claim that seven of Wildberries’ 10 largest logistics centers had stopped operating.

What independent reports confirm

Reuters reported that Ukrainian drones struck multiple locations across the Moscow region overnight. Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said an 83-year-old man was killed in Podolsk and that a Wildberries warehouse was among the sites hit. He also reported damage at another warehouse in Domodedovo.

Bloomberg separately reported that a Wildberries depot near Moscow caught fire after what the governor described as a Ukrainian drone strike. It also reported fires at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Domodedovo and an unidentified industrial facility in Voskresensk.

Those reports support the occurrence of a large overnight attack and fires at or near Wildberries facilities. They do not independently establish the full number of Wildberries centers disabled, the total duration of closures, or the cumulative damage from earlier alleged strikes.

Why the logistics network matters

Wildberries is a major Russian online retailer, and its warehouses connect sellers with customers across the country. Disabling several large hubs could put pressure on deliveries, inventory flows, and sellers that depend on the platform’s distribution network.

That makes the reported operation more significant than a single warehouse fire if the facilities remain offline for an extended period. It would represent an attempt to disrupt a concentrated commercial-logistics system that can also support the movement of dual-use goods.

Ukraine has claimed that Wildberries warehouses distribute military and dual-use products, including navigation equipment and drone components. That allegation is strategically important to Kyiv’s explanation for targeting the network, but the available reporting does not independently verify the full scope of those claims.

What remains unverified

The material available for this report does not substantiate several broader figures and predictions associated with the alleged campaign. These include claims about:

• a month-long operation involving at least 23 facilities;
• nine or more employee deaths and scores of injuries;
• losses of up to 480 billion rubles in goods;
• the loss of roughly one-third of Wildberries’ warehouse capacity;
• combined damage of 800 billion rubles to Wildberries and its sellers;
• billions of dollars in platform debt;
• imminent bankruptcy or an economy-wide domino effect; and
• the activation of a specific replacement marketplace by Russia.

Those figures should not be treated as established facts on the basis of the sources available here. The reported strikes may create meaningful operational disruption, but the scale of any financial or macroeconomic consequences cannot yet be determined from the evidence cited.

The wider strategic picture

The reported attacks fit a broader pattern in which both sides seek to damage infrastructure that supports the other side’s war effort and economy. In this case, Ukraine appears to be signaling that Russia’s commercial logistics capacity can be reached, while also drawing attention to the risks of concentrating distribution in a small number of major hubs.

Whether the strikes will cause lasting disruption to Wildberries, change consumer deliveries, or affect Russia’s willingness to sustain a prolonged war remains uncertain. The clearest conclusion from the August 16 reporting is narrower: Ukraine claimed another major blow against Wildberries’ logistics network, and independent reports confirmed fires, casualties, and extensive drone activity around Moscow.