"By the second half of Saturday, Wildberries' largest logistics hub had burned down completely following the Ukrainian drone attack, according to footage recorded by eyewitnesses," the Russian outlet reported.
It said firefighters attempted to extinguish the blaze using helicopters, but were unable to save the warehouse complex, which covered 359,600 square meters.
Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim, commenting on the fire, did not mention compensation for the company's customers.
According to Russian media, the logistics hub in Moscow Oblast processed up to 7.4 million items per day, while the company's logistics center in Tambov Oblast handled up to 1.4 million items daily and stored as many as 54 million products at a time.
Russian investigative outlet Vazhnye Istorii compared the damage from the Ukrainian strike to the 2024 fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Shushary, which destroyed a logistics complex covering 105,800 square meters.
At the time, insurance market representatives estimated direct losses at more than 10 billion rubles ($127 million), while compensation paid to sellers whose goods were destroyed totaled 34.9 billion rubles ($443 million).
The logistics hub in Elektrostal outside Moscow was more than twice the size of the Shushary facility, while the full extent of the damage at the approximately 108,000-square-meter warehouse in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast, has yet to be determined.
A source close to Wildberries told The Bell that the attacks affected about 10% to 15% of the company's total warehouse capacity. The source added that the marketplace's operations would not be completely disrupted.
A new Wildberries seller agreement that took effect on July 7, 2026, includes a clause exempting the company from liability for lost goods in the event of drone attacks.
Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses
Earlier, drones struck Wildberries warehouses in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast, and Elektrostal in Moscow Oblast, triggering major fires.
Ukraine's 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center confirmed the strike on a 188,000-square-meter Wildberries warehouse. The attack sparked a large fire, with smoke visible from several kilometers away.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on July 18, that Ukrainian drones had struck two Wildberries warehouses in Russia, saying the operation was a response to Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
"The aggressor used these facilities to supply sanctioned components for the production of drones and navigation equipment," Zelenskyy wrote on social media.
The president thanked the Unmanned Systems Forces, Special Operations Forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) for carrying out what he described as successful "long-range sanctions" operations.