Ukraine drone attack sparks fire at Russian e-commerce giant's warehouse near Saint Petersburg

Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse for a Russian e-commerce giant near Saint Petersburg early Friday, triggering a fire that sent smoke pouring over the historic city, local officials said. Kyiv has targeted Saint Petersburg as it steps up long-range drone strikes on Russian energy, military and logistics sites in recent weeks. An AFP reporter saw grey smoke rising into the morning sky over high-rise buildings in the city, which is more than 800 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The local governor reported that a warehouse for Wildberries – Russia's largest online retailer often referred to as "Russia's Amazon" – was on fire after the strike. "Three people were wounded," Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the surrounding Leningrad region said on social media. Remains of the Wildberries warehouse that was burned down by a recent Ukrainian drone attack in the city of Elektrostal in the Moscow region, Russia July 23, 2026. © Reuters Ukraine has carried out attacks on five Wildberries warehouses since July 18, accounting for about 10 percent of the company's logistics ‌capacity. One of the company's logistics hubs outside Moscow was hit last weekend, killing eight night-shift workers a...