Skip to main content
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

Wildberries Logistics Hub in Russia’s Tula Region on Fire After Drone Attack

Wildberries said employees were evacuated and shipments rerouted after the strike, as Russian officials reported more than 100 drones intercepted over the region.

  • On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries sortation center in the Tula region, as Russia's Defense Ministry reported intercepting 475 drones across Russia and Crimea between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
  • Ukraine has targeted more than 20 Wildberries logistics centers since mid-July, alleging the retailer supplies the Russian military with drone parts and navigation equipment.
  • Governor Dmitry Milyaev reported that forces destroyed 107 drones over Tula overnight, while the attack injured one person and damaged two apartment buildings in the Venyovsky district.
  • Russian strikes near Kyiv killed 14 people and injured more than two dozen others, with emergency officials confirming that warehouses were also targeted in overnight attacks.
  • Forbes Russia reports the strikes have wiped out a significant portion of Wildberries' storage capacity, costing third-party merchants hundreds of billions of rubles in operational losses.
Insights by Ground AI

43 Articles

Lean Left

A Ukrainian long-range drone strike has hit the logistics center of Russian company Wildberries in the town of Aleksin, in the Tula region, causing a massive fire that reportedly destroyed the facility. The logistics center, with an area of about 200,000 square meters, was considered one of the largest of its kind in the region. It was planned to expand to 300,000 square meters and employ up to 15,000 people. Footage posted on social media shows…

Lean Left

The ongoing Ukrainian drone attacks have forced Wildberries to move its warehouses from Russia to Kazakhstan. The Russian online marketplace operator is already building giant warehouses there, totaling 260,000 square meters, near the cities of Almaty and Astana, authorities have confirmed. The company is struggling to reach an agreement with warehouse owners in Russia, who fear further attacks. The latest incident saw a Wildberries warehouse in…

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 52% of the sources lean Left
52% Left

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

WTVB broke the news on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal