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Matthew P.

Ukrainian drones set fire to a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, bringing the total damage to more than 4 billion euros on July 24

Ukrainian drones set fire to a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, bringing the total damage to more than 4 billion euros on July 24

The overall damage from attacks on Wildberries warehouses in Russia has exceeded 350 billion rubles. Today’s attack by Ukrainian drones, which destroyed the largest Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, added more than 100 billion rubles to the total losses. On July 24, Ukrainian drones set fire to a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, bringing the total damage to more than 4 billion euros.

Thus, within just a few days, Ukrainian drones inflicted damage on the economy of the aggressor state amounting to 4 billion euros as of July 24, 2026. In essence, this is a blow to any country, especially to a corrupt Russia that is driving its own people into poverty. Putin does not become poorer from this, but the country sinks deeper into an economic and social hell.

So, the moment of the successful attack on the Wildberries warehouse near St. Petersburg was caught on video by eyewitnesses on July 24. It can now be stated with confidence that Putin’s air defenses let Ukrainian drone strikes through, not Flamingo missiles.

After all, the missiles have not yet reached St. Petersburg — but what will happen in a few months remains to be seen. Despite the Wildberries warehouse burning to the ground, there were no fatalities. There are a small number of injured.

As of the morning of July 24, local residents reported two major fire hotspots and several smoldering embers over St. Petersburg after the attack. “It is clearly burning at two sites in different parts of the city. One is Wildberries, the other is some small enterprise,” concerned residents of St. Petersburg noted.