Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, promises payments to sellers after Ukrainian strikes on its warehouses

Meduza reports that Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, is offering a support package for sellers whose inventory was destroyed in recent Ukrainian drone strikes on its warehouses. The company has promised to pay for lost goods, along with discounted storage, deferred loan payments, and reduced logistics costs—though it hasn't specified how it will calculate payments or when they'll arrive. The damage is significant: experts estimated the value of inventory in the struck warehouses at between one hundred fifty billion and two hundred thirty-five billion rubles, roughly equal to Wildberries' annual profit. Notably, Wildberries wasn't legally obligated to compensate sellers—in early July, the company changed its terms to classify drone attacks as 'force majeure'—making this voluntary support something of a goodwill gesture.

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