Ukraine targets Wildberries again as Russia hits Kharkiv publishing house

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 03, 2026 · 576 words

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Ukraine targets Wildberries again as Russia hits Kharkiv publishing house A Ukrainian overnight strike targeted a warehouse run by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, east of Moscow, the company and local authorities reported Monday, as Kyiv's campaign…

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Meanwhile, Russian strikes on a warehouse in Ukraine's Kharkiv region over the weekend destroyed eight million books.

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More than 200 firefighters were battling a fire at a warehouse run by Russian online retailer Wildberries east of Moscow following a Ukrainian drone attack on Monday, as Kyiv's campaign against the e-commerce giant intensified.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Avdeyev said a young man had sustained a non-life-threatening head wound in the attack... Another young man had an injured finger, while a woman had also suffered... minor injuries to one of her legs.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant information about the number 3 and the mobile operator 'Three'. No evidence regarding injuries in the Vladimir region was provided.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 Hong Kong is operated by Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings. In May 2004, its affiliated 2G operator, Orange, re-branded its services and changed …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_(company)

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3

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web search NEUTRAL — We were the first operator to offer mobile broadband anywhere in the world over 10 years ago, and since then, Three has continued to lead the way by offering people what they really want. A career wit…
https://www.three.com/?vm=r

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Claim 2: “A Ukrainian overnight strike targeted a warehouse run by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, east of Moscow”

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The provided web search results for this specific claim are completely irrelevant, discussing school environments in Portuguese. No evidence was provided that confirms a strike on a Wildberries warehouse east of Moscow.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Entenda o que é ambiente escolar e descubra como criar um espaço acolhedor, seguro e favorável à aprendizagem com ações práticas no dia a dia da escola.
https://movplan.com.br/blog/ambiente-escolar-acolhedor-e-seg…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 21, 2025 · Além de apoiar a gestão escolar nas formações e trabalhar em conjunto com família e comunidade, o psicólogo pode oferecer suporte qualificado aos estudantes, na perspectiva pedagógica, …
https://revistaeducacao.com.br/2025/03/21/escolas-acolhedora…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 29, 2022 · Saiba como criar ambientes acolhedores na escola, promovendo bem-estar, pertencimento e um ambiente escolar acolhedor para todos.
https://www.inteligenciadevida.com.br/pt/conteudo/ambiente-e…

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Claim 3: “Since mid-July, Ukraine has struck around 20 sites belonging to Wildberries across various parts of Russia and in annexed Crimea.”

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Three independent sources (Meduza, Türkiye Today, and Reuters) confirm that Ukraine has struck around 20 Wildberries sites across Russia and Crimea since mid-July.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO", or Russian: спецопера́ция, romanized: spetsoperatsiya, Ukrainian: спецопера́ція) is the official term used by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation

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

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 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 aid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_strikes_on_Wildberri…

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Claim 4: “Russian strikes on a warehouse in Ukraine's Kharkiv region over the weekend destroyed eight million books.”

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Multiple sources (News.az and Chytomo) report that Russian strikes in the Kharkiv region destroyed approximately 8 million copies of books.

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web search NEUTRAL — The scale of the destruction was extensive. According to Chytomo, around 600,000 textbooks, 28,000 book titles and approximately 8 million copies were destroyed in the resulting fire. Kruglov estimate…
https://news.az/news/russian-strikes-destroy-millions-of-boo…

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web search NEUTRAL — A building damaged in a Russian missile attack in the region around Kyiv, Ukraine, last month.Ukraine’s prime minister, Sergii Koretskyi, also said recently that 1.5 million Ukrainian books had been d…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/health/ukraine-war-hiv-ai…

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web search NEUTRAL — Watch: Huge warehouse blaze in Moscow region following Ukrainian strikes. Eight people have been killed and 62 injured after Ukrainian drones struck two warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxlm877p2o

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Claim 5: “a Russian strike on a warehouse in northeastern Ukraine over the weekend destroyed eight million books, the publishing house said Monday”

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No evidence was gathered for this claim.

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Claim 6: “The initial attacks on the night of July 17-18 left eight people dead and nearly 90 wounded at sites in the Moscow and Tambov regions.”

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Sources conflict on the casualty numbers for the July 17-18 attacks. Türkiye Today reports 8 dead and nearly 90 wounded, while another source reports 8 dead and 62 injured, and a third reports 1 killed and 37 injured at the Elektrostal site specifically.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Long-range sanctions" is a term used by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to refer to Ukrainian strikes on targets deep inside Russia, which contribute to their invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_sanction

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

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Claim 7: “Ukrainian attacks – which have targeted more than a dozen Wildberries sites since July 18”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant salary data for construction workers in Lithuania. No evidence supports the claim that more than 12 sites were targeted since July 18.

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

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

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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 8: “Alexander Avdeyev, the regional governor of Vladimir, said 203 firefighters and 67 pieces of equipment had been deployed to tackle Monday's blaze”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of irrelevant information about the Governor of Pennsylvania and general Wikipedia entries. There is no mention of Alexander Avdeyev or the specific deployment of firefighters.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The All-Russian Political Party "United Russia" is the ruling political party of Russia since 2001. As the largest party in the Russian Federation, it holds 315 (or 70%) of the 450 seats in the State …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1

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web search NEUTRAL — Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2023 as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the attorney general of…
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Claim 9: “A strike on a warehouse near Kyiv last month burnt 800,000 books to ash”

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Claim 10: “the publisher, Ranok, said... 'This is the largest loss to Ukraine's book infrastructure since the beginning of the full-scale war' in 2022”

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No evidence was gathered for this claim.

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Claim 11: “the blaze, which measured 100,000 square metres (1.07 million square feet)”

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Two independent web sources (1Weather and another news report) specifically mention a 100,000-square-metre fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the Vladimir region.

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