Ukrainian drones have utterly destroyed Wildberries logistics centre in Kotovsk, Russian governor says – photo, video

Yevgeny Pervyshov, Governor of Russia's Tambov Oblast, has said that a logistics centre belonging to Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries in the city of Kotovsk was completely destroyed by fire following a Ukrainian drone attack. Two people were also injured.

Source: Pervyshov on Telegram; Wildberries press service on Telegram

Quote from Pervyshov: "A Wildberries logistics centre was utterly destroyed by fire following a Ukrainian drone attack on Kotovsk on the night of 25-26 August."

Details: The company's press service said the facility is no longer accepting new deliveries.

Pervyshov and the Wildberries press service claimed that the warehouse had been evacuated in advance, which helped to prevent a large number of casualties. The governor said, however, that a 19-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman have been injured in the attack.

Pervyshov said the logistics centre had been targeted by nine UAVs, six of which were shot down.

Kotovsk Mayor Alexei Plakhotnikov also urged residents on the morning of 26 August to avoid unnecessary travel around the city for the next two days and to keep windows and balconies closed due to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from the major warehouse fire.

Background:

• On the night of 25-26 August, drones attacked the Wildberries logistics centre in Kotovsk, Russia's Tambov Oblast, causing a large-scale fire.
• Monitoring channels reported that the Wildberries facility was one of the marketplace's main logistics hubs in central Russia. It began operating in 2025 and, once fully operational, was expected to have the capacity to store up to 54 million items.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reported on 26 August that Ukraine's defence forces had struck 16 targets in Russia over the previous day, including Russian logistics facilities.

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