Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries—which processes 6 trillion rubles ($74 billion) in annual sales across nearly 100,000 pickup points—have wiped out one-third of its total warehouse capacity, according to Data Insight analysts, cited by The New York Times on August 8.
The campaign has disrupted a major supply channel for the Russian military. Before the attacks, the platform was generating roughly $20 million every three months from the direct sale of frontline gear like FPV drones, fiber-optic control cables, and tactical body armor.
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Since mid-July, Kyiv has expanded its deep-strike campaign beyond military infrastructure to hit at least 23 Wildberries logistics hubs.
The 480 billion rubles ($5.79 billion) in destroyed merchandise rivals the entire annual budget of Russia’s wealthiest regions, such as Khanty-Mansi Autonomous region (5.7$ billion) or Krasnoyarsk region (6.3$ billion).
The financial loss exceeds Irkutsk region’s annual budget by 1.6 times, Smolensk region’s by four times, and equals up to 17 times the annual budgets of smaller regions like Kalmykia, The Moscow Times reported.
Those are some pretty big losses. However, if you’re tempted to pity those losing everything, don’t feel too bad for Wildberries themselves:
Wildberries had also recently reportedly altered geolocation markers on digital maps to shift its logistics hubs onto neighboring properties belonging to rival e-commerce platform Ozon. The alleged attempt does not appear to have stopped Ukraine’s campaign against Wildberries’ infrastructure


