Ukrainian long-range drones have expanded their reach deep into Russia, striking oil sites, military areas - and now the nation's largest online retail storage centers.

At least ten Wildberries facilities, run by Russia's top e-commerce player, faced drone hits over the past fortnight.

These propeller-driven unmanned aircraft have pounded the company's sites around Moscow, St. Petersburg, seized Crimea, and additional zones since July 18, sparking large blazes and claiming nine lives.

Kyiv appears focused on weakening the Russian economy by disrupting a key marketplace. The parent group RWB recorded roughly 73 billion dollars in gross sales value last year.

The company lost about 9 percent of its storage capacity from the July raids. Similar to Amazon, it runs a platform where sellers list products and store inventory in its centers ahead of shipping.

Most destroyed items belong to private merchants. Some Wildberries sellers offer tactical equipment, dual-purpose items, and drone parts, which Ukraine has flagged as justification for the hits.

Russia feels the effects already. State-run Sberbank noted on Wednesday that around 300 loan-holding firms now seek payment delays or revised terms after the strikes.

The bank may need to boost reserves for potential defaults. Its finance chief, Taras Skvortsov, said no choice has been made yet but voiced confidence that the retail sector will handle the crisis and recover strongly.

Wildberries updated its rules on July 7 to treat drone and missile attacks as force majeure, freeing it from responsibility for lost merchant goods.

Forbes Russia calculated on July 21 that two Ukrainian raids alone destroyed at least 1.87 billion dollars in stock. Eight further warehouses have since been hit hard.

Wildberries began in 2004 when teacher Tatyana Kim launched the site from a Moscow apartment.

The business has grown rapidly and now handles more than half of Russia's online orders. Bloomberg ranks Kim as the country's richest self-made woman, worth an estimated 8.1 billion dollars.

In 2021 the firm acquired a regional bank to manage payments and loans for its users and sellers.

Kim stated to local media that Wildberries would cover some merchant losses from the attacks, without specifying amounts. Continued strikes could make full payouts unsustainable, given the parent group's 2.1 billion dollar net profit in 2025.

Wildberries gave no reply to an after-hours comment request.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not named Wildberries directly yet confirmed Kyiv's role in warehouse strikes.

He noted on July 18 that the adversary used the sites to move banned parts for drone making and navigation gear.

The Kremlin rejected claims that Wildberries supplies the military. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of hitting civilian sites.

Still, the platform listed items such as drone goggles, armored vests, and field rations under the tag Everything for the SVO, Russia's term for the war. The tag was later removed.

The exact drones remain unclear, though maker Fire Point confirmed its FP-1 model struck at least one site in Ryazan.

Ukraine has repeated that such long-range actions aim to cut Russian income, shake the economy, and build domestic pressure to end the conflict.