Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer which is equivalent to Amazon, has been targeted by a series of drone strikes by Ukraine in recent weeks09:25, 01 Aug 2026Updated 09:25, 01 Aug 2026The boss of Russia's largest online retailer claims the company has lost "billions" from Ukrainian drone attacks and wants Vladimir Putin's government to pay.‌Ukraine ’s attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses in recent weeks have produced stark images, with massive pillars of smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities of Wildberries, the country’s equivalent of Amazon.‌In under two weeks, Ukraine has struck over a dozen of the retailer’s depots, part of Kyiv’s aerial campaign aimed at undermining Russia ’s war effort, hurting its economy and making people feel the consequences of the Kremlin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.‌And Tatiana Kim, founder and CEO of Wildberries, has delivered a video address to users of the online retailer claiming that the business is not legally responsible for the losses as she says the attacks by Ukraine "constitute force majeure".In line with the Kremlin's take, she said the targeting of Wildberries was a "terrorist attack" which have led to "losses amounting to billions".‌Sellers who lost income due to the strikes should wait for the Russian government to give help in the form of "a comprehensive package of support measures", said Kim.Kyiv’s drones first hit Wildberries sites in Elektrostal, just east of Moscow, and in the Tambov region July 18. Strikes followed on facilities across western and southern Russia, as well as Russian-held Crimea. A total of nine people have been killed and scores were injured.While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not name Wildberries directly, he has said the attacked facilities were involved in supplying gear and technical components to Russia’s military.‌Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on July 21 that “it is not the case” and accused Ukraine of striking civilian targets - while Russia regularly attacks Ukrainian logistics and retail facilities.A search of the Wildberries website shows that goods could be used for both civilian and military purposes, such as body armour, helmets, radios and other electronics. Some were even marked as “tested in the SVO” or “SVO fighters’ choice” — a Russian acronym for “special military operation,” the term the Kremlin uses for the war in Ukraine.‌Kim says that other online sellers offered the same goods, adding there was “no logic, common sense, or rationality” to the attacks, which she said aimed to “trigger panic and shock” among Russians.There have now been 16 attacks on Wildberries facilities which include strikes last week in the southern Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, St. Petersburg, the adjacent Leningrad region and Simferopol in Crimea.On Thursday, a Wildberries depot burned in the Penza region southeast of Moscow, with four people injured and 200 workers evacuated, said Gov Oleg Melnichenko. Wildberries said another warehouse in Sarapul in the Udmurtia region was attacked by a drone but all workers got out safely.Article continues belowOn Friday, Wildberries said a logistics facility in Volgograd was hit, and Russian news outlet Astra reported a company depot was set ablaze in Zelenodolsk, near Kazan in the Tatarstan region.