Russia’s Wildberries to Reopen Warehouse Hit by Ukrainian Drone Strike
After a Ukrainian drone attack on two Wildberries warehouses killed eight people, the company will resume operations at its Kotovsk facility on July 23, less than a week later.
Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, will resume operations at its Kotovsk warehouse in the Tambov region on July 23, five days after a Ukrainian drone strike damaged the facility in the early hours of July 18.
Tatyana Kim, the founder of Wildberries, announced on Telegram that once the assessment of the Kotovsk logistics complex is complete on July 23, the warehouse will again accept shipments and the goods stored there will go back on sale. She also said that Wildberries will soon list on its seller portal the goods that had been stored at the second warehouse hit in the strike — the one in Elektrostal — but did not clarify whether that facility would reopen.
Regarding compensation for damaged goods in Elektrostal, Kim assured sellers that Wildberries would not leave them to handle the problem alone. She said she had already flagged how long the damage assessment would take, told her team to move faster, and expects to share an updated status soon.
The strike by Ukraine’s armed forces on the Wildberries warehouses in Kotovsk and Elektrostal killed eight people and injured around 80. Preliminary estimates put the damage at over 50 billion rubles. The marketplace stated it is not obligated to compensate sellers for lost goods but offered other support measures.
