UKRAINIAN ATTACKS DISRUPT RUSSIA'S WILDBERRIES MARKETPLACE

Over three weeks of attacks, small vendors using Wildberries as their primary sales channel have experienced significant operational disruptions. The strikes have targeted warehouse facilities critical to the platform's logistics network. Wildberries serves as a major distribution channel for Russian small and medium-sized businesses, particularly those lacking independent fulfillment infrastructure. The attacks have created supply chain bottlenecks affecting inventory management and order fulfillment across the platform. The warehouse disruptions come amid broader Ukrainian military operations targeting Russian economic infrastructure. Wildberries, which dominates Russia's e-commerce sector, has not publicly disclosed the full extent of damage or timeline for facility restoration. Small business operators relying on the platform face inventory access challenges and delayed deliveries to customers, threatening revenue streams during a critical commercial period.