Wildberries tried to map its warehouses onto Ozon's maps to throw off Ukrainian drones
The Russian marketplace Wildberries has reportedly begun changing the geotags of its warehouses on digital maps—presumably in response to attacks on its logistics facilities—in an attempt to conceal their actual locations.
According to analysts, Wildberries representatives may have been trying to protect the property stored at the company’s logistics facilities following a series of attacks on its warehouses.
To do this, according to Exilenova+, the geotags of Wildberries’ logistics hubs began to be changed en masse on digital maps.
In particular, the coordinates of some facilities were allegedly “moved” to neighboring territories, including those of a competitor—Ozon.
Thus, according to OSINT analysts, the company may have been attempting to mislead Ukrainian forces regarding the actual locations of its logistics centers.
Exilenova+ stated that the attempt to conceal the locations of the warehouses did not affect the work of Ukrainian intelligence.
“However, this did not mislead the Defense Forces’ intelligence or accuracy. The target was located and struck. One more of the enemy’s supply lines has been cut off,” the analysts noted.
According to OSINT researchers, 20 of the company’s facilities have been attacked since the start of the campaign against Wildberries’ logistics hubs. Of these, 15 were completely destroyed by fire, according to their information.
At the same time, claims regarding changes to geotags and attempts to redirect strikes toward Ozon facilities are currently presented solely as a theory put forward by OSINT analysts.
This was reported by OSINT analysts at Exilenova+.
As a reminder, over the past 24 hours, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Group struck and destroyed 1,896 Russian military targets.
Following strikes on Wildberries warehouses in Russia, the country’s largest marketplace has faced serious financial problems. The company’s revenue has already fallen by at least a quarter, and direct losses could exceed 100 billion rubles. Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service warns that the current problems may be just the beginning of a prolonged downturn for the company.
Authorities in Russia’s Voronezh region report that a large Wildberries logistics center—which served as a key hub for the movement of goods and cargo in the region—has been struck.
On the night of August 11, drones struck the Wildberries logistics hub in the village of Aleksandrovka in the Novousmansky District of the Voronezh Region of the Russian Federation. A large Ozon warehouse is located nearby, which may also have been hit.
