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A fire broke out at a Wildberries warehouse in Russia’s Samara region on Sunday following an attack, the company’s press service has said.
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In a post on Telegram, the Russian online retailer said there were currently no reported casualties and that “logistics chains have been reorganised.”
“The receipt of deliveries and dispatch of orders are now being handled at other facilities,” it added.
Video footage circulating on social media appears to show a large blaze at the warehouse, with flames engulfing the building and huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky.
In July, Ukrainian forces targeted multiple Wildberries logistics facilities across Russia as part of Kyiv’s “long-range sanctions” against Moscow, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the warehouses were involved in supplying drone parts and navigation equipment for the Russian military.
Wildberries was founded in 2004 by Russian billionaire Tatyana Kim and has gone on to become the country’s largest online marketplace. Products offered on its website now include items such as knives, helmets, camouflage, and night-vision devices.
Russian strikes on Ukraine
In a social media post on Sunday, Zelenskyy said Russian forces had launched around 1,900 drones, roughly 1,600 aerial bombs, and 144 missiles against 16 regions of Ukraine this week.
“Today, Sumy was struck by aerial bombs. In Brovary, one person was killed in a drone strike, and six people were injured,” he added.
The Ukrainian air force said Russia attacked Ukraine with 133 drones and loitering munitions overnight.
“According to preliminary data, as of 8:00 am, air defences had shot down or neutralised 109 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerber, and Italmas types, ‘Banderole’ loitering munitions and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country,” the air force said in a statement.
Zelenskyy renews calls for Patriot missiles
It comes as Zelenskyy made a fresh plea for more Patriot interceptors on Saturday.
The US-made Patriot is one of the world’s most advanced air defence systems and can be used to defend against ballistic and cruise missiles, loitering munitions, and aircraft. The coveted system is expensive and limited in supply, but it is seen by Kyiv as crucial to success in its fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invading forces.
“The world has Patriot missiles,” Zelenskyy said on Saturday evening. “What matters now is for our partners to make the political decision to provide the necessary packages. The United States knows what we need. Europe knows what we need. Anti-ballistic missiles must protect people – not sit in stockpiles.”
On Friday, US President Donald Trump appeared to go back on a promise to let Kyiv build its own Patriot missiles.
“We have not agreed to that. We’re talking about it. But it’s a hard thing to give away that kind of technology,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting – despite having told Zelenskyy at the 2026 NATO summit in Turkey that Washington would give Ukraine a license to build Patriots.
“We’ll show them how to do it,” Trump said at the summit in July, adding: “This way you can’t complain that we’re not giving them enough.”
