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Nine dead as drone strikes reach Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer

7/24/2026

Drone warfare, the tactic of using remotely piloted aircraft to strike targets without ground troops present, has reached Russia's domestic retail sector.

Wildberries, the country's biggest online retailer, has come under attack as part of the Ukraine conflict.

Nine people have been killed in the strikes, and small merchants who sell through the platform say losses are running into the millions of roubles.

A marketplace, not a single store Wildberries functions as a marketplace. It earns by hosting the storefronts of independent small sellers rather than owning all the goods it sells.

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