Leading Russian online retailer Wildberries halted operations at one of its warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Thursday, as Kyiv broadens its campaign against a company at the heart of Russia's consumer economy,
Reuters reports.
Kyiv has struck four warehouses owned by the company beginning on the weekend on the grounds that they are part of infrastructure that supports the Russian military.
The Kremlin has denied that Wildberries handles military supplies. Russia has targeted Ukraine's logistics hubs as well as its energy system and power grid.
Open source data analysis by Russia's Kommersant daily showed that the recent attacks have damaged approximately 10% of Wildberries' logistics capacity, equivalent to 552,000 square metres (5.9 million square feet) of warehouse space.
The company has not commented on the scale of the damage, but the Kremlin has said Wildberries, as well as the small and medium-sized businesses that sell goods on its platform, have all suffered financial losses.
