Ukraine’s strike on Russian retail giant Wildberries’ warehouses may have cost sellers at least 150 billion rubles
ONP Summary
Ukrainian drone operations struck Wildberries warehouses in Elektrostal, Kotovsk, Krasnodar, and Nevinnomyssk across July 18-22, targeting Russia's largest online retailer. The combined strikes killed at least eight people, injured at least 80, inflicted 150+ billion rubles in seller losses, and represented deliberate targeting of Russia's economic infrastructure.
Progressive:Strategic economic pressure — Progressive outlets frame strikes as deliberate Ukrainian strategy to weaken Russia's commercial infrastructure and capacity to fund military operations.
Moderate:Civilian cost and legality — Moderate outlets emphasize casualties among warehouse workers and question whether striking retail facilities constitutes legitimate warfare.
Overnight on July 18, Ukraine attacked two warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, citing the fact that drone components were stored there.
Eight people were killed and more than 80 were injured.
The total damage to the warehouses and the goods stored in them remains unknown.
Tallying it will take at least a month.
However, Forbes (and before that Kommersant and Vedomosti) tried, with the help of experts, to estimate how much Wildberries and its sellers may have lost.
The conclusion: the sellers’ losses are far greater than the marketplace’s own losses, and the odds of obtaining full compensation from the platform are slim. ...
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