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Over the past month, Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russian territory have targeted the online-retail giant Wildberries, destroying massive warehouses and logistics centers. Ukraine has accused Wildberries of supporting Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
August 19, 2026, 11:40 AM ET
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A man looks at a burning warehouse belonging to the Russian online retailer Wildberries in the Utkina Zavod area, near the village of Novosaratovka, following a drone attack. During the night of July 24, 2026, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack targeting Wildberries warehouses in the Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Smoke billows from the burning Wildberries warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to local authorities, in St. Petersburg, on July 24, 2026.
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This photo from June 15, 2020, shows the interior of a Wildberries distribution center in Podolsk.
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Smoke rises following a Ukrainian drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, on July 24, 2026, with St. Isaac’s Cathedral seen in the foreground.
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A firefighting helicopter battles a fire at a Wildberries logistics complex in the town of Elektrostal, outside Moscow, on July 18, 2026.
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A satellite image shows smoke rising from a damaged Wildberries facility after a Ukrainian drone attack in Novosemeykino, Samara Region, on August 2, 2026.
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Local residents walk past smoke rising from a burning Wildberries logistics complex in the town of Elektrostal, outside Moscow, on July 18, 2026.
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A pair of before-and-after Vantor satellite images show a Wildberries facility in Volgograd in late July 2026, then on August 1, 2026, following a Ukrainian drone strike that destroyed the building.
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A large plume of smoke rises over St. Petersburg following a Ukrainian drone strike targeting logistics facilities operated by Wildberries on July 24, 2026.
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A firefighting helicopter prepares to drop water on a burning Wildberries complex near the town of Podolsk on August 16, 2026.
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Ruins of a burned-out Wildberries warehouse stand in Koledino industrial park in Podolsk, on August 17, 2026.
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A woman smokes while watching a burning Wildberries warehouse near the village of Novosaratovka on July 24, 2026.
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