Drones hit Wildberries warehouse 2,000 km inside Russia
Drones attacked a warehouse belonging to the Russian marketplace Wildberries in Yekaterinburg, Russia, overnight. A fire broke out at the facility, and workers were evacuated, according to Sverdlovsk Oblast Gov. Denis Pasler.
According to Pasler, Russian air defenses shot down eight drones, while three others struck the roof of the logistics center.
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View in Telegram.Videos shared on social media showed at least two direct hits, with a fire continuing to burn at the site. The Wildberries logistics warehouse in Yekaterinburg spans between 110,000 and 150,000 square meters (about 1.2 million to 1.6 million square feet).
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View in Telegram.Attacks on Wildberries warehouses
Robert “Magyar” Brovdi commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said Ukrainian drones have now struck 15 Wildberries warehouses in Russia, with the facility in Tula Oblast marking the 16th.
Since July 18, Ukraine's Defense Forces have attacked a series of Wildberries warehouses across Russia, including in the Moscow and Tambov oblasts, Ryazan Oblast, the Krasnodar and Stavropol krais, St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, as well as in Yekaterinburg, Penza Oblast and Udmurtia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the strikes as a response to Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. He said the targeted facilities were used to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment.