Drone Attacks Spark Large Fires at Wildberries Hubs Near Moscow
A large-scale drone attack on the Moscow region early Sunday morning resulted in massive fires at two major logistics centers: the 200,000-square-meter (77,200 square-feet) Wildberries facility in Koledino and the Severnoye Domodedovo complex. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed air defenses downed 105 drones, while operations at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports were suspended.…
A devastating fire engulfed a massive Wildberries logistics complex near Moscow on Sunday morning, following a reported drone attack. The blaze consumed over 200,000 square meters of warehouse space at the Koledino facility, the company's largest warehouse. Concurrently, a second facility, the Severnoye Domodedovo multimodal logistics complex, was also ablaze.
The attacks come after a series of drone strikes on Wildberries' facilities in the region, with Russian air defenses intercepting 105 drones headed towards Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that emergency services were responding to the fires but declined to provide details on damage or casualties. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) temporarily suspended flight operations at several Moscow airports due to the attacks.
This is not the first incident in the area; a fire broke out at a nearby Koledino3Pl logistics complex following a drone strike in July. The strikes are part of a sustained Ukrainian campaign targeting Wildberries' logistics and digital infrastructure, including a cyberattack on Aug. 10-11 that disrupted the company's customer service and payment infrastructure.
Wildberries has lost up to one-third of its warehouse space and faced significant financial losses, equivalent to the annual budgets of wealthier Russian regions. The company denies supplying the Russian military but has been criticized for selling dual-use items, such as FPV drones and fiber-optic cables.
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