Wildberries has banned employees from bringing smartphones to work

Wildberries, Russia’s largest marketplace, has reportedly banned employees from bringing smartphones to work as of August 3. This was reported by Russian Telegram channels, which published an excerpt from an internal company memo.

According to the published information, employees have also been prohibited from taking photos or videos during air raid alerts. The company cites security concerns, the risk of revealing air defense positions, and the possibility of administrative or criminal liability as reasons for the ban.

Instead, employees are allowed to use only push-button phones without cameras to stay in touch.

Source: “Ostrozhno, Novosti” Telegram channel.

On the night of August 1, drones attacked several temporarily occupied cities in Ukraine. According to reports from monitoring Telegram channels, fires broke out following strikes in Zuhres, Berdyansk, Luhansk, Dolzhansk, and Sevastopol.

As a reminder, the Russian online marketplace Ozon evacuated employees from its logistics center in Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan) due to the threat of an attack by Ukrainian drones. After the alert ended, the warehouse resumed normal operations.

On the morning of July 31, drones attacked a warehouse complex in Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan, Russian Federation), where the logistics facilities of the Ozon and Wildberries marketplaces are located. Following this, a number of Ukrainian sources reported that strikes on Ozon warehouses might continue.