A wall at a Wildberries logistics facility in the Kalinin district of Russia’s Tver region was damaged by debris that fell as a drone attack was repelled.
Tver Governor Vitaly Korolyov said smoke appeared at the warehouse after the incident on the night of August 14, but the situation was brought under control shortly afterward. Emergency crews remained in the area as a precaution, while no employees were harmed.
Wildberries-Russ announced that the damage at the logistics complex was limited. The company said drone debris hit the building’s wall and that the consequences of the incident were dealt with shortly afterward.
The facility had been evacuated in advance in accordance with safety procedures. The goods inside the warehouse were also undamaged.
Previous attacks on Wildberries warehouses
Wildberries said that about 20 of its logistics facilities in various Russian regions had been affected by drone attacks since mid-July.
Attacks were reported on July 18 at facilities in Kotovsk in the Tambov region and Elektrostal in the Moscow region. Russian authorities said seven employees were killed at the Kotovsk facility, while one person was killed in Elektrostal.
The company said employees were evacuated and assistance was provided to the injured after these incidents.
Attacks were also recorded on July 22 at logistics centers in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol region. Fires broke out at the facilities, employees were evacuated and the warehouses’ operations were temporarily suspended.
Wildberries announced that facility employees were also injured in the attacks.
Wildberries warehouses in the Republic of Udmurtia, Crimea, the Volgograd, Leningrad, Samara, Vladimir, Penza and Tula regions, and the Republic of Bashkortostan were also affected by the attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on July 22 that the logistics centers targeted were used to supply the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear.
