Ukrainian drones cripple seven major Wildberries warehouses amid wider strike campaign
Ukraine's defence ministry said that Ukrainian drone strikes disabled seven of Wildberries' largest warehouses across Russia on 17 August. The attacks are part of a wider campaign that has hit roughly twenty logistics centres and caused significant material losses.
Earlier, a Ukrainian drone struck an oil complex in Bashkortostan, igniting a fire at a Wildberries distribution centre and prompting evacuations, Fox News reported. Ukrainian drones had previously struck about twenty Wildberries warehouses, and OSINT analysts cited by United24 Media said the retailer had tried to alter map coordinates of its facilities to mislead the drones, a tactic that proved ineffective.