21 July 2026
The attack on Wildberries logistics hubs in the Moscow and Tambov regions, which resulted in warehouses covering 350,000 square meters burning to the ground, could be one of the most costly attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition to the two centers, valued at approximately 30 billion rubles, the fires destroyed at least 150 billion rubles worth of goods stored there, according to Sergei Semko, a leading analyst at Data Insight. This is a “conservative estimate,” he emphasizes: the value of the burned inventory could reach 170-230 billion rubles.
As a result, the total damage from the fires, according to the lowest estimates, will amount to 180 billion rubles—an amount that exceeds the annual budgets of 53 Russian regions. Among them are the Omsk Region (178.6 billion rubles), the Belgorod Region (177.3 billion rubles), Udmurtia (172.6 billion rubles), and the Tula Region (169.6 billion rubles).
The fire’s damage to the Ivanovo Region’s annual budget (88.5 billion rubles) is double that of the Oryol Region (61 billion rubles); it’s triple that of the Oryol Region (61 billion rubles); and the budgets of the poorest regions—Kalmykia (35.3 billion rubles), the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (30.5 billion rubles), and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (28.1 billion rubles)—are almost six times greater.
Although Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim stated that the company is exploring the possibility of compensating sellers who lost their goods, in theory, this would require an amount comparable to Wildberries’ entire annual profit: last year, it was 175 billion rubles, according to Forbes . Moreover, two weeks before the attack, on July 7, Wildberries’ updated offer came into effect, waiving liability for product losses resulting from drone attacks, missiles, and other munitions.
The chances of sellers who accepted the offer in court are minimal, says lawyer Konstantin Stepanov: the marketplace has listed drone attacks as a force majeure event, and citing a unilateral contract amendment is difficult, as the offer is considered accepted by the seller upon acceptance. Despite Kim’s statements, Wildberries is already behaving “strangely,” notes Alexander Tarasenko, managing partner of the law firm Pravovaya Pomoshch’ya (Legal Assistance): reports on the inventory stored in the burned warehouses have simply disappeared from sellers’ personal accounts, and it is this data that gives sellers hope of receiving compensation.
The expansion of Ukrainian attacks on Russian logistics centers, if it becomes not a one-time action but a systemic campaign, promises “clearly negative” long-term consequences for the economy, warns Ekaterina Vlasova, chief economist for Russia at Bloomberg Economics. Companies will have to spend more on security, inventory distribution, and new warehouse capacity, she explains, which will ultimately impact prices for consumers and, as a result, accelerate inflation.
It’s not the value of the goods that’s important, but the type of goods destroyed.
Destroyed??? Better exploded…………………
Destroy everything in mafia land!
The sellers accounts have been deleted. No compensation. Looks Russia is worse than the Italian maffia………..
It always was worse than the spaghetti mafia.