Following a drone attack on the night of July 22, a fire broke out at an oil depot in Armavir and at a Wildberries logistics center in Krasnodar, Russia’s Krasnodar Krai. Another Wildberries warehouse caught fire in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai.
According to the Krasnodar Krai operational headquarters, a warehouse complex caught fire in Krasnodar, while a blaze broke out at one of the facilities in Armavir. The Armavir city administration press service said the fire started at an oil depot following an attack involving 16 drones. The affected area covers 800 square meters.
It was also reported that drone debris damaged two apartment buildings in Krasnodar.
After analyzing eyewitness footage, Astra reported that the Wildberries logistics center in Krasnodar was on fire. The outlet also published footage showing a large-scale fire at a facility in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai. According to the BBC, Wildberries confirmed that its warehouse facilities in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk had been attacked.
The targeted Wildberries warehouses are among the company’s largest logistics hubs. The Krasnodar facility, covering 150,000 square meters, ranks fourth among the marketplace’s warehouses, while the Nevinnomyssk center, with an area of 120,000 square meters, ranks sixth.
Previously, Ukrainian drones targeted Wildberries logistics centers in Elektrostal in the Moscow region and Kotovsk in Tambov region. In Kotovsk, seven people were killed and 24 injured. In Elektrostal, one employee was killed and more than 50 people were injured. The attacks reportedly disrupted around 9% of the marketplace’s total logistics capacity.
In addition to the two logistics centers, valued at around 30 billion rubles, the fires destroyed goods stored there worth at least 150 billion rubles.
