Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Warehouses
PHOTO CAPTION: FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after a Ukrainian drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse, in Novosemeykino, Samara region, Russia, August 2, 2026, in this still image obtained from a video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS USE ONLY. Verification Lines: Reuters verified the location from the buildings, the trees and the road layout seen in the video, which matched archive and satellite imagery of the area. The date when the video was recorded was verified by a statement from the governor of Samara region, who said on August 2 that a drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in the region had occurred. The direction of the smoke seen in the video is consistent with the location of the Wildberries warehouse. NASA Firms (NASA’s global tracking fire map) also detected thermal activity near the warehouse’s location on August 2./File Photo
MOSCOW, Aug. 4 — Ukrainian drones struck three warehouses across Russia overnight, killing five people and injuring 10, local officials said Tuesday.
Two of the facilities were operated by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer.
Wildberries said a warehouse near St. Petersburg caught fire following a drone strike but reported no casualties.
In the Tver region northwest of Moscow, drones damaged another Wildberries facility, acting regional Governor Vitaly Korolyov said.
No one was injured in that attack.
The deadliest strike occurred in Chekhov in the Moscow region, where a drone attack set an unidentified warehouse on fire, Governor Andrei Vorobyov said.
Five people were killed and another 10 were injured, according to Vorobyov.
The Moscow region has a population of about 22 million.
Wildberries sites increasingly targeted
Wildberries has become a frequent target of Ukrainian attacks as Kyiv seeks to bring the effects of the war deeper into Russia.
The company is often described as Russia’s equivalent of Amazon and plays a major role in the country’s consumer economy.
Ukraine has targeted more than a dozen Wildberries locations since July 18, according to the company.
Wildberries founder and Chief Executive Tatyana Kim has described the attacks as “acts of terrorism.”
(Source: Reuters)
