Ukraine's Wildberries drone campaign hits 20 warehouses as overnight strikes kill five in Russia's Moscow Region and ignite Leningrad Region fire

Summary

Ukraine struck a Wildberries logistics center in Khryastovo, Russia's Vladimir Oblast, on August 3, and hit warehouses in Moscow and Leningrad regions overnight August 4, killing five people and injuring six in Moscow Oblast, Russia's Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported. A fire broke out at the Krasny Bor facility in Leningrad Region. The strikes bring to 20 the total Wildberries facilities targeted since Ukraine launched the campaign on July 18, per Meduza. Kyiv says the warehouses supply sanctioned drone components and navigation equipment. A Meduza investigation found volunteers do purchase military goods through the platform, but found no evidence of systematic integration with Russia's Defence Ministry; a comparable volume of military purchases flows through Ozon, which Ukraine has not targeted.

Why it matters

Twenty strikes in under three weeks mark the Wildberries campaign as one of the most sustained logistics offensives of the war. The military justification remains contested: if the targeting logic holds, it expands the definition of permissible civilian infrastructure strikes in ways that could apply symmetrically.

What to watch

• Whether Russia retaliates against Ukrainian logistics targets in kind.
• Independent verification of whether Wildberries warehouses functionally serve Russian military supply chains.
• Whether Ukraine extends the campaign to Ozon or other marketplaces Meduza identified.