Russia’s answer to Amazon has a new problem, and it is not delivery times—two more warehouses ablaze

Ukrainian drones struck logistics and fuel sites across Russia's south overnight on 22 July, setting off large fires, monitoring channels reported. Russia's largest online retailer said it evacuated staff from two warehouse complexes that caught fire. It was the third round of strikes on the company's logistics network in five days.

Krasnodar: the retailer's fourth-biggest warehouse burns

Residents on the outskirts of Krasnodar, the main city of Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia, heard between 20 and 30 explosions overnight. The air-raid siren went off only afterward, ran for about two minutes, and stopped. Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+ published their footage, which showed several separate fires in different districts of the city.

Russian news Telegram channel Astra's open-source analysts placed the largest of them at the Wildberries warehouse on Tikhoretskaya Street. The company had already announced it was evacuating the complex. The site covers 150,000 square meters and ranks fourth among the marketplace's distribution centers. Ukrainian drones have hit Krasnodar Krai repeatedly, including a refinery about 300 kilometers from the front line.

Krasnodar Krai's operational headquarters claimed the warehouse caught fire after drones "debris" fell on it, and reported damage to two apartment buildings. It first counted three injured. Governor Veniamin Kondratyev later raised that number to 10. The headquarters also claimed that debris damaged two detached houses in Dinskoy District, north of the city.

Armavir: an oil depot on fire in the east of the same krai

Drones also hit an oil depot in the northern industrial zone of Armavir, a city in the eastern part of Krasnodar Krai. Exilenova+ showed the depot burning. By morning, the city administration put the fire at 800 square meters. Local authorities claimed 16 or more drones took part in the attack.

Nevinnomyssk: the second warehouse, one region further east

Nevinnomyssk lies in Stavropol Krai, the Russian region bordering Krasnodar Krai to the east, deeper inland from Ukraine. Around 05:00, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov statee a fire at a warehouse complex there, and two people hurt. He later put the figure at five employees.

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Exilenova+ videos and Astra's analysis identified the burning site as a second Wildberries center. Video posted by witnesses showed storage buildings alight, with black smoke rising tens of meters. That complex covers 120,000 square meters and ranks sixth in the network. Wildberries said it had cleared staff from both hubs before the drones arrived, and that workers were injured anyway.