Ukrainian drones struck two major warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 60 in overnight attacks that also hit an oil depot near Moscow. Seven night-shift workers were killed and 25 injured at a Wildberries facility in Kotovsk, a city in the Tambov region roughly 360 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. A further 37 people were wounded at a second Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal, a city about 50 kilometres east of Moscow, with one of them later dying in hospital. Eight of those injured in the Moscow-region strike were reported to be in serious condition. A Ukrainian drone also struck an oil depot in the nearby city of Noginsk, sparking a fire that prompted the evacuation of a maternity hospital and a residential building; drone debris additionally hit a kindergarten, causing a fire that was subsequently extinguished with no casualties.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the strikes in a Telegram post, describing the targeted sites as "major logistics facilities" that had been used "to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment." He also confirmed strikes on an oil facility and on targets in the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea, and Russian-annexed Crimea. Ukraine's military said the Noginsk fuel depot had been supplying Russian armed forces and separately reported hitting two tankers, two floating cranes, a tugboat, and a patrol ship, as well as a railway bridge in the occupied Luhansk region used for Russian military logistics. Russia's defence ministry said its air defences intercepted 379 Ukrainian drones across 19 regions overnight.
Wildberries, often described as Russia's equivalent of Amazon, operates sprawling logistics networks across the country. The merged RWB Group, which combines Wildberries with advertising company Russ, was valued at approximately $12.6 billion by Forbes Russia. Founder and CEO Tatyana Kim, one of Russia's first female billionaires, described it as a "terrible night" for Russia and for the company. Serhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, told the BBC that Wildberries was a "vital component" of Russian logistics and that its platform had been used by Russian volunteers to purchase military equipment, including walkie-talkies, body armour, and drone components.
The strikes are part of a broader intensification of Ukraine's long-range drone campaign targeting Russia's energy infrastructure and supply chains. Kyiv argues that Russian oil and gas facilities are legitimate military targets, as Moscow relies heavily on fossil fuel revenues to finance its invasion. Ukraine has claimed that nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity has been disabled as a result of its attacks — a figure the BBC has not independently verified. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public acknowledgement earlier this year that Ukrainian strikes had caused domestic fuel shortages. Zelensky framed the latest attacks as a direct response to continued Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure; overnight into the same day, Russian attacks killed 14 people across Ukraine.