Ukraine has now hit seven of Wildberries' 10 biggest warehouses

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 17, 2026 · 424 words · By Sasha Vakulina

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What to know about Ukraine has now hit seven of Wildberries' 10 biggest warehouses

A month-long Ukrainian attack campaign against Russia's largest online retailer has knocked out seven of its ten biggest logistics hubs, according to Kyiv's defence ministry and the Institute for the Study of War.

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Why it matters

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said at the weekend that Kyiv's forces had hit Wildberries' single largest warehouse, a 250,000-square-metre complex at the Koledino industrial park in Podolsk in the Moscow region, around 420 kilometres from the border.

Common ground

Seven logistics hubs belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, have now been struck and knocked out of action since the campaign began in July.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Ukraine has now hit seven of Wildberries' 10 biggest warehouses?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The market place is handling roughly half the country's online orders and serving several hundred thousand sellers across eleven time zones?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Claim 1: “The market place is handling roughly half the country's online orders and serving several hundred thousand sellers across eleven time zones”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 2: “Wildberries reports an annual turnover of between €70–75 billion”

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The claim is directly confirmed by a cross-reference from EuroNews.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Wildberries reports an annual turnover of €70–75 billion
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/03/why-is-ukraine…

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Claim 3: “a figure that various estimates put at just over 2% of Russia’s GDP.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim that Wildberries' turnover is just over 2% of Russia's GDP.

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Claim 4: “Seven logistics hubs belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, have now been struck and knocked out of action since the campaign began in July.”

CORROBORATED

This claim is corroborated by multiple sources reporting that seven of the ten largest warehouses have been disabled since the campaign began in July.

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Claim 5: “Roughly 20 Wildberries facilities have now been struck, according to the Associated Press.”

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Multiple independent sources report that approximately 20 Wildberries facilities have been targeted.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tatyana Vladimirovna Kim (Russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Ким; born 16 October 1975), formerly known as Tatyana Vladimirovna Bakalchuk (Russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Бакальчу́к), is a Russian entrep…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Kim

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 18 July 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has conducted waves of drone strikes into Russia targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a large online retailer in Russia which has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_strikes_on_Wildberri…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wildberries is the largest Russian online retailer. It was founded in 2004 by Tatyana Kim. Besides Russia, Wildberries serves the United Arab Emirates, and former Soviet republics Armenia, Azerbaijan,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildberries

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Claim 6: “banks such as VTB and Sberbank, which extended roughly €13 billion in loans to a company now struggling to keep them serviced.”

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Claim 7: “Wildberries confirmed the strike had sparked a fire and forced it to reroute its supply chains”

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Two independent sources confirm that Wildberries acknowledged the fire and the subsequent need to reorganize or reroute supply chains.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wildberries confirmed the strike had sparked a fire and forced it to reroute its supply chains, just as Ukrainian forces also struck a second depot in nearby Domodedovo on the same night.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/17/ukraine-has-hi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Wildberries reassured the public that its supply chains at both facilities had been reorganized and that goods receipt and order shipments were continuing from other centers. In the first week of Augu…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russian-e-commer…

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web search NEUTRAL — Fires Confirmed Across Two Industrial Sites. Bashkortostan authorities reported a Ukrainian drone attack and air-defense activity. Khabirov noted wreckage in the Salavat industrial area without naming…
https://riverdalestandard.com/bashkortostan-drones-gazprom-s…

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Claim 8: “Kyiv's forces had hit Wildberries' single largest warehouse, a 250,000-square-metre complex at the Koledino industrial park in Podolsk in the Moscow region, around 420 kilometres from the border.”

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Two independent sources confirm the strike on the Koledino industrial park warehouse in Podolsk, with specific details on size (225,000-250,000 sqm) and distance (420 km).

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web search NEUTRAL — The Wildberries logistics warehouse in Koledino is the company’s largest warehouse in Russia, covering more than 225,000 square meters. As a result of the strike, a large-scale fire broke out at the f…
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/drones-strike-wildberries-war…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said at the weekend that Kyiv's forces had hit Wildberries' single largest warehouse, a 250,000-square-metre complex at the Koledino industrial park in Podolsk in the Mos…
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/money/general/ukraine-has-hit-seve…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses have grown in scale. According to Reuters, Ukrainian drones have targeted at least 20 of the company’s logistics centers, with some facilities completely de…
https://english.nv.ua/nation/fire-point-shows-fp-1-drone-str…

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Claim 9: “has since fanned out from the capital and St Petersburg to southern Russia and as far as Yekaterinburg in the Urals, over 2,000 km from Ukrainian territory.”

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Multiple sources confirm strikes in Moscow, St Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg (specifically mentioning the Aug 7 strike in Yekaterinburg).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June to 31 August 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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Claim 10: “Ukrainian forces also struck a second depot in nearby Domodedovo on the same night.”

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Only one provided web search result explicitly mentions the strike on a second depot in Domodedovo on the same night. Other results discuss the general campaign but not this specific detail.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June to 31 August 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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Claim 11: “A month-long Ukrainian attack campaign against Russia's largest online retailer has knocked out seven of its ten biggest logistics hubs”

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Multiple independent web sources (Dailymotion video citing Kyiv's defense ministry/ISW and another news source) confirm that Ukraine knocked out seven of the ten biggest logistics hubs of Wildberries.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wildberries is the largest Russian online retailer. It was founded in 2004 by Tatyana Kim. Besides Russia, Wildberries serves the United Arab Emirates, and former Soviet republics Armenia, Azerbaijan,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildberries

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web search NEUTRAL — A month-long Ukrainian attack campaign against Russia's largest online retailer has knocked out seven of its ten biggest logistics hubs, according to Kyiv's defence ministry and the Institute for the …
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xayieeu

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has openly framed the campaign as pressure on Russian logistics and public morale. Russian officials have framed the same attacks as violence against ordinary citizens, while some analysts war…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ukraine-says-long-range-drone…

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Claim 12: “The campaign began on the weekend of 18 July, when drones hit sites in Elektrostal, east of Moscow, and the Tambov region”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses began on 18 July 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June to 31 August 2026.
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