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Wildberries sorting center evacuated after reported strike in Simferopol, as drone attacks hit its wider network

The attack on the Russian-occupied Crimea site was first circulated on X and later acknowledged by Wildberries, but the available reporting does not independently confirm the exact location, damage level, or a dual-use role for that specific facility.

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A Wildberries sorting center in Simferopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea, was reported struck overnight on July 23-24 and then evacuated for safety, according to Interfax quoting a company press-service Telegram message and Reuters reporting on the wider pattern of attacks on the retailer’s warehouses. An X post by the open-source account Osinttechnical showed a fire and was the first public seed of the claim, but the stronger confirmation in this pass is that Wildberries later acknowledged one of its Simferopol warehouses had been hit and that the sorting center was evacuated.

Post on X · @Osinttechnicalnot a wire source

Ukraine’s drone strikes in this story are aimed at logistics sites in Russian-held territory; Wildberries says it is a civilian logistics business trying to protect staff and keep shipping moving. The dispute here is whether this specific Simferopol facility was only civilian warehousing or also tied to military supply.

Wildberries is one of Russia’s largest online retailers and a major logistics operator, moving goods through warehouses and sorting centers across a wide network. In this story, the company is the target of a drone campaign that has been hitting distribution sites in Russia and occupied territory.

Reported Wildberries warehouse strike locations (city-level)

City centroids for locations named in reporting (Simferopol, Krasnodar, Nevinnomyssk) — not facility addresses. Basemap: Natural Earth 110m. As of 2026-07-24. AI-assisted analytic from real basemap geometry.

The Simferopol strike sits in that larger sequence. Reuters reported attacks on Wildberries warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk on July 22, with earlier strikes on July 18 killing eight workers, and later coverage said the company had to suspend or redistribute operations after repeated hits. The Kyiv Independent, reporting on the Simferopol fire, described the facility as part of a major logistics hub for the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula and said Wildberries later confirmed one of its warehouses there was struck. Reuters also said Wildberries said it was redistributing goods across warehouses to restore operations, while an e-commerce lobby group asked for tax relief for businesses hit by the attacks.

That repeated pattern is what puts the Simferopol event inside a broader logistics war. Ukrainian officials have framed some of these strikes as hitting logistics hubs that move parts and equipment used for drones and other materiel, and Reuters quoted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as saying the targets were logistics hubs involved in supplying Russian forces. The Kremlin denied Wildberries handles military supplies. The company’s own line, meanwhile, is civilian: evacuate staff, restore operations, move goods elsewhere.

For Simferopol itself, the record stops short of a full forensic picture. Established: a Wildberries facility in the city was reported hit and evacuated. Unestablished in this reporting: the exact address or geolocation match, the full damage level, and whether this specific site had a military supply role. The available material supports that a strike occurred and that fire was reported there, but it does not establish an independently verified dual-use role for that specific warehouse.

Source recordSources / claims / limits

Charts & tables — each built only from the cited claims below, by an AI tool

  • Wildberries strike locations map — city-level orientation

How this piece is framed: A story about a new, partially verified strike on a Wildberries logistics site in occupied Crimea, read inside a broader series of attacks on the company’s distribution network. The governing question is not whether the company is a military target in the abstract, but what is actually established about this Simferopol hit, how it fits a reported pattern of repeated strikes, and where the evidence stops before it reaches independent forensic confirmation or proof of dual-use function at this specific site.

Sources

Claims, and how far we tracked each down

  • [likely] A Wildberries warehouse in Simferopol, Russian-occupied Crimea, was struck by a drone attack overnight on July 23-24, 2026. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [likely] Wildberries later confirmed that one of its warehouses in Simferopol was struck. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [likely] The strike caused a fire at the Simferopol facility. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [likely] Wildberries warehouses or logistics centers were hit repeatedly in the preceding week in other locations, including Krasnodar, Nevinnomyssk, St. Petersburg, Tver, Voronezh, Elektrostal, and Kotovsk. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Interfax reported on July 24, 2026 that the Wildberries sorting center in Simferopol was evacuated in accordance with safety requirements, citing a RWB press-service Telegram message. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Interfax reports that the Wildberries sorting center in Simferopol was evacuated for safety reasons, citing a RWB press-service Telegram message. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Independent, open-source visual verification of the Simferopol strike itself was not established in the sources read. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Reuters reports that the Kremlin denied Wildberries handles military supplies. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Reuters quotes Zelenskyy as saying the Wildberries strikes targeted logistics hubs involved in supplying Russian forces with drone components and other equipment. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Reuters reports that Wildberries said it was redistributing goods across warehouses to restore operations, and AUREK asked the government for tax delays for businesses affected by the attacks. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [likely] Ukrainian officials have framed some of these logistics-center strikes as hitting facilities that support the Russian military, including supply of components for drones, navigation equipment, and other materiel. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Reuters quoted Volodymyr Zelenskyy as saying the logistics hubs targeted in the Wildberries strikes were involved in supplying Russian forces with drone components and other equipment. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)
  • [confirmed] Reuters also reported that open-source data analysis by Kommersant estimated the recent attacks had damaged approximately 10% of Wildberries' logistics capacity. · read in full (as of 2026-07-24)

Where we hit a limit / what to double-check

  • We did not obtain the full text of Ukrainian attack drones hit another Russian Wildberries distribution center tonight in Simferopol, setting it ablaze. (https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2080427489298391112); claims resting on it are from its summary — you may be able to reach it directly.