In a bold military maneuver, Ukraine has unleashed a wave of drone attacks on Moscow, sending 637 UAVs towards the Russian capital from the night of August 17 to the morning of August 18. According to Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, at least 180 of these drones were shot down over the skies of the city, while more than 150 others were intercepted in various regions.

In Pavlovsky Posad, a residential building caught fire, prompting evacuations, and in the Ramenskoye district, a drone crashed into a private home, injuring a 10-year-old girl. Additional injuries were reported from debris in Kolomna and Bogorodsky district. The drone assault also disrupted the electrical grid, affecting 109 substations and leaving over 5,000 customers and 46 critical social facilities without power.

One of the facilities impacted was a Wildberries warehouse in Bogorodsky, which experienced a fire during the attack. While the company reported that all employees were evacuated and the fire was quickly contained, this incident marks just the latest in a series of strikes targeting Wildberries' logistics network. Earlier, on August 16, another warehouse in Koledino, near Podolsk, was reportedly completely destroyed in a drone strike, with an estimated area of 230,000-250,000 square meters, making it one of Wildberries' largest logistics centers.

Experts estimate that the damage inflicted on Wildberries could reach up to 600-700 billion rubles (approximately 7.06-8.24 billion USD), with direct losses for the company alone ranging from 147-223 billion rubles (1.7-2.6 billion USD). These attacks have raised concerns about the impact on the entire Russian e-commerce sector and the thousands of vendors reliant on Wildberries' logistics system.

A source close to the Kremlin warned that Russia might struggle to compensate affected sellers, emphasizing that the losses to Wildberries, which controls about half of the Russian e-commerce market, represent a significant blow to Moscow's economy. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense noted on August 16 that recent operations had incapacitated seven of Wildberries' ten largest logistics centers, and on August 10-11, Ukraine targeted the company's digital infrastructure, disrupting customer service and payment systems.

Ukraine considers Wildberries a legitimate military target, claiming that the platform sells items used by Russian forces. While Wildberries denies allegations of supplying goods to the military, reports indicate that UAVs and optical cables have been sold on its platform.