# Ukraine says drones struck Wildberries logistics hubs in St Petersburg, Tver and Crimea
Logistics centres linked to Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, were reported hit in St Petersburg, Tver and Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on July 24, according to the Kyiv Independent. The account describes a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes that triggered fires, smoke and temporary shutdowns across several facilities.
The most developed reporting in the supplied evidence concerns St Petersburg. The Kyiv Independent says residents posted videos showing thick black smoke rising over part of the city after a strike on the Utkin Zavod logistics park, which houses a Wildberries site immediately south of the city in Novosaratovka. It also reports that another Wildberries facility in the Shushary district was struck, with large plumes of smoke visible there as well. The paper says local officials later confirmed a drone attack on civilian infrastructure facilities on Moskovskoye Highway and that the Wildberries site in Novosaratovka was affected.
The same report says the company's press service confirmed that its logistics centres in Shushary and Utkin Zavod were temporarily suspended. It also notes around 50 flight delays at St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport. Those details matter because they show the knock-on effects of a strike that appears aimed at logistics capacity rather than a single isolated target.
The evidence also says Wildberries facilities in occupied Crimea and in Tver were reported on fire, though the extent of damage at those sites was not immediately clear. In Simferopol, the report says videos spread widely online and that Wildberries later confirmed one of its warehouses had been struck, while in Tver residents reportedly saw smoke rising after an attack on a logistics hub.
The supplied source does not provide independent verification of the drone attacks, and its own text says the Kyiv Independent could not immediately verify the reports or claims made by Russian officials. That caveat is essential. The article can therefore report the allegations and the confirmations given by regional authorities and the company, but it should avoid claiming a fully established damage assessment beyond what the source states.
What makes this event notable is the target set. Wildberries is not a military site in the conventional sense, but the reporting says its logistics network has repeatedly been struck because it helps supply the Russian war effort. The article also says the company has faced five days of attacks over the previous week, underlining the apparent shift toward economic infrastructure that can support military logistics.
The core verified facts are that the Kyiv Independent reported drone strikes on Wildberries logistics centres in St Petersburg, Tver and occupied Crimea, that fires and smoke were seen, and that the company confirmed at least some temporary suspensions and a strike on a Simferopol warehouse. The rest of the article should stay inside those boundaries rather than speculate about wider military intent or final damage totals.
