Photos show massive fires after Ukraine strikes Russian retailer Wildberries’ warehouses for the second time in a week

Ukrainian drones struck warehouses belonging to the Russian online retailer Wildberries early on July twenty-second, touching off large fires at logistics centers in Krasnodar and in Nevinnomyssk, in Stavropol Krai. Meduza reports that Russian Emergency Ministry helicopters were brought in to fight the blazes. Krasnodar Krai authorities said ten people were injured, three of them seriously, while another five were hurt in Nevinnomyssk, none requiring hospitalization. Wildberries chief executive Tatyana Kim said staff were evacuated quickly from the warehouses. It is the second time in a week that the retailer's facilities have been hit.

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