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Russian Wildberries Orders 478,000 m² of Mesh Netting to Protect Warehouses From Ukrainian Drones
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Major Russian online marketplace Wildberries is rushing to secure its logistics infrastructure following sustained aerial strikes, launching a tender for 478,000 square meters of galvanized metal wire mesh across eight regions in Russia, The Bell reports on September 14.
By August 17, damage to the company’s facilities reached approximately 2.4 million square meters, which represents nearly 43% of its total storage space.
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According to The Bell, the procurement terms published in early August specify that the wire diameter must not exceed 2.5 mm, with delivery required within seven days. While public tender documentation omits the purpose of the order, an industrial source confirmed that the materials are intended for protection against unmanned aerial vehicles.
The procurement effort comes after targeted long-range strikes began on July 18. Over the following month, at least 22 facilities were hit across multiple regions, including Leningrad, Ryazan, Samara, Penza, Tula, Vladimir, and Tver regions, as well as Yekaterinburg.
One of the largest incidents occurred in Samara region in early August, where a fire destroyed a warehouse measuring approximately 160,000 square meters.
Perimeter metal netting set several meters away from structures is increasingly used across Russia to intercept incoming aerial impacts.
Manufacturers describe these modular steel lattice towers as reaching heights of up to 100 meters, capable of absorbing impacts from units weighing up to 400 kg at speeds of up to 200 km/h.
Similar protective structures are now deployed around oil storage sites, thermal power plants, and electrical substations.
The current Wildberries tender remains under evaluation, with bids submitted for three of the eight available lots. Offered prices range from 154 to 474 rubles ($1.80 to $5.60) per square meter, placing the potential total cost between 73.6 million and 226.5 million rubles ($871,000 to $2.68 million).
The company has also opened a separate tender for silica fabric across 14 sites to act as a fire barrier against operational disruption.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, have destroyed around one-third of the company’s total warehouse capacity.
The retailer generates roughly 6 trillion rubles ($74 billion) in annual sales through nearly 100,000 pickup locations.
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