Ukrainian drones struck a warehouse operated by the Russian e-commerce platform Wildberries in the city of Volgograd, according to a single report. No details on damage or casualties are yet available. The strike follows a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Volgograd earlier tonight that targeted a Wildberries distribution center and an oil refinery, as The Zioneer reported.
A single report, circulating in Israeli media circles, indicates that Ukrainian drones struck an additional warehouse operated by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries in Volgograd on Friday morning. The report provides no details on the extent of damage or potential casualties. The strike comes after a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Volgograd earlier tonight, which The Zioneer first reported at 02:44 Jerusalem time, with details emerging throughout the night.
The Zioneer's initial report at 02:44 cited a single unverified report of an attack on the city. Minutes later, at the same time, a second report indicated that a Wildberries warehouse had been destroyed. A third report at 02:44 confirmed that the attack was a massive drone barrage, hitting the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery and a Wildberries distribution center. By 04:41 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published a comprehensive update confirming the scale of the attack and the specific targets. The reports evolved from a single unverified claim to multiple confirmations from Russian monitoring channels.
Wildberries, Russia's dominant e-commerce platform, has been a recurring target of Ukrainian long-range drone operations throughout July. As The Zioneer reported, strikes have hit the company's infrastructure in Moscow Oblast, Tambov, and St. Petersburg. On July 28, a massive drone barrage of 390 drones struck Moscow, damaging a distribution center near a Wildberries complex. The targeting of Wildberries logistics is part of a deliberate Ukrainian strategy to disrupt Russia's domestic supply chain and consumer economy, as The Zioneer has documented.
It remains unclear whether the newly reported warehouse strike is a separate incident or part of the same wave of drone activity from earlier tonight. No official confirmation or casualty figures have been released.
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