Ukraine Targets 60% of Russia’s Wildberries Warehouse Space in 2 Weeks

Ukrainian forces have struck logistics facilities belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, totaling more than 1 million square meters (247 acres) over the past two weeks, Russian outlet Agentstvo reported on Friday, July 31.The strike on a Wildberries warehouse in Volgograd on July 31, which caused a large fire, was at least the 18th attack in two weeks, according to the outlet’s analysis.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.38% of major warehouse space damagedAgentstvo analyzed publicly available information on Wildberries’ largest warehouses that exceed 15,000 square meters (161,459 square feet) each. The company operates 26 such facilities with a combined area of 2.7 million square meters (667 acres), more than half of its total logistics space of 5.2 million square meters (1,285 acres).Ten of the 26 largest warehouses have been damaged:Elektrostal, Moscow region – 250,000 square meters (61 acres). Attacked on July 18, completely destroyed by fire.Novaya Usman, Voronezh region – 156,000 square meters (39 acres). Attacked on July 23, caught fire but resumed operations the same day.Kotovsk, Tambov region – 108,000 square meters (27 acres). Attacked on July 18, caught fire. Resumed limited operations July 23.Shushary, St. Petersburg – 106,000 square meters (26 acres). Attacked on July 24. At least one warehouse on the site completely destroyed.Krasnodar – 100,000 square meters (25 acres). Attacked on July 22, severely damaged by fire. Still not operational.Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol region – 94,000 square meters (23 acres). Attacked on July 22, caught fire, severely damaged. Not operational.Mastinovka, Penza region – 90,000 square meters (22 acres). Attacked on July 30. Warehouse stopped operations.Sarapul, Udmurtia – 53,000 square meters (13 acres). Attacked on July 30. Caught fire.Volgograd – 48,000 square meters (12 acres). Attacked on July 31, large fire.Utkina Zavod, Leningrad region – 18,000 square meters (4 acres). Attacked July 24. Likely completely destroyed.