Analysis · 2026-08-18
Ukraine strikes Wildberries warehouses as the company reroutes deliveries
Fact
Verified facts
On 17 August, AP reported that Wildberries was rerouting deliveries after several warehouse strikes. The company was also setting up partner hubs to store goods. This is the clearest confirmed sign that the attacks have affected its operations.
Reuters reported strikes on Wildberries warehouses and logistics centres in July and August. The reports, published by Al Jazeera, also described evacuations and casualties. The record therefore covers several attacks at different times, not a single warehouse fire.
Ukrinform carried a claim by Ukraine's Defense Ministry that seven of Wildberries' ten largest logistics centres were out of operation. Wildberries has not confirmed the claim. It therefore cannot be treated as a verified measure of lost capacity.
Supernova+ has compiled an open-source list of sites linked to Wildberries. It may help show the possible breadth of the attacks, but Wildberries has not confirmed it. A site appearing on the list does not mean that the entire facility was destroyed or taken out of service.
Analysis
What could this mean?
The main possible effect is less room for backup arrangements. Moving goods to new warehouses and routes can make journeys longer and more expensive, while putting more pressure on the centres that remain available. A brief outage at one centre may be easy to cover, but several disrupted centres at once leave fewer alternatives. The impact may therefore vary by region. This is a reasoned reading of the company's response, not confirmed evidence of delivery delays or lost capacity.
Alternative
Alternative explanation
Some sites may have suffered only minor exterior or debris damage, or brief interruptions. Wildberries may also be moving goods as a precaution before the damage has been assessed. New warehouses and routes alone do not prove that a large share of its capacity has been destroyed.
Open
Open questions / what to watch
- Which centres were out of service, and for how long?
- Have deliveries slowed or seller losses increased?
- How quickly will damaged centres return to service?
Limits
Sources and limits
AP's account of the delivery changes draws on statements from Wildberries. Reuters confirms several attacks, evacuations and casualties. Ukraine's Defense Ministry claim that seven centres were out of operation remains a party claim carried by Ukrinform. The Supernova+ list is an open-source compilation, not a Wildberries-confirmed damage assessment. None of these sources establishes how much of the company's actual storage or transport capacity has been lost.