Ukraine Strikes Two More Wildberries Warehouses
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- Ukraine attacked two more Wildberries warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk on Wednesday (Jul 22), with co-founder Tatyana Kim confirming the strikes on Telegram.
- The Krasnodar blast killed one young woman and hospitalized three others, per the regional governor; a separate Saturday strike had already killed eight Wildberries workers and sparked fires.
- President Zelenskyy said the warehouses functioned as logistics hubs supplying Russian forces with drone components and other equipment; the Kremlin denied Wildberries handles any military supplies.
- Shares of Ozon, Wildberries' publicly traded rival, fell 2.3% on Wednesday afternoon before partially recovering, on fears it too could be targeted.
- E-commerce lobby group AUREK asked the Russian government for six-month tax deferrals for businesses sustaining losses from the attacks.
- Russia's online sales rose 28% in 2025 to 11.5 trillion roubles (US$147 billion), per the Association of Internet Trade Companies, with Deputy PM Alexander Novak putting digital-platform sales at roughly 8.5% of GDP.
Why it matters: Ukraine is now striking deep into Russia's civilian consumer economy, not just its military-industrial base — and the scale is large enough to move markets: Russia's e-commerce sector hit $147 billion in 2025 sales (+28%), and Ozon shares already dropped 2.3% on contagion fears. A lobbying push for six-month tax deferrals signals the financial toll is forcing policy responses inside Russia.
