Wildberries Wiped Out: Ukraine Strikes Russia's Amazon for $6B

Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, has been hit by Ukraine's deep-strike campaign, causing billions of dollars in losses.

A drone strike on an oil and petrochemical complex in Bashkortostan sparked a fire at a Wildberries facility, according to reports. The company said the facility was evacuated and no goods were being stored there at the time.

The strike marked the latest in a series of Ukrainian attacks affecting Wildberries' sites across Russia that began on July 18, when drones hit centers in Kotovsk and Elektrostal, killing seven and wounding more than 60. Four days later, drones struck facilities in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk, sparking fires and injuring 15 people.

Kateryna Bondar, a senior fellow at the Wadhwani AI Center, said Ukraine's goal is to 'steadily raise the cost and risk of sustaining Russia's war economy.' The total losses incurred by Wildberries and its sellers have been estimated at $6 billion to $8.5 billion.