The White House issued a formal diplomatic rebuke Thursday after Ukrainian drones destroyed multiple Wildberries logistics centers across Russia—including a massive facility in St. Petersburg—with Dickhead Donny’s administration describing the attacks as an unacceptable threat to global e-commerce. The statement, read aloud during a hastily arranged press briefing, characterized the strikes as a reckless escalation that had caused billions in inventory losses and disrupted delivery times for ordinary Russian families.
“Wildberries provides essential goods to millions of customers,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained, consulting a printed fact sheet. “Winter coats, children’s books, household items. To see these warehouses reduced to rubble is heartbreaking for online shoppers everywhere. The United States cannot stand by while retail supply chains are attacked without provocation.”
The Ukrainian strikes—part of a broader campaign targeting logistics used to resupply Russia’s military—have inflicted an estimated $5 billion in damages, according to Forbes. In Elektrostal alone, seller inventory losses approached $1.91 billion, with warehouse restoration costs projected at $420 million. The administration’s rebuke did not mention those numbers, focusing instead on the delayed shipments of consumer electronics and footwear.
Senior trade advisor Peter Navarro later clarified the administration’s position during a conference call with reporters. “What we’re witnessing is a clear attempt to undermine the integrity of the global fulfillment model,” he said. “We’ve been in contact with Wildberries leadership and have offered our full support in restoring their logistics capacity. American know-how can get those warehouses back online faster than ever.” Navarro added that the White House was exploring the possibility of a U.S.-backed reconstruction fund financed through reallocated humanitarian aid previously earmarked for Kyiv.
The administration’s concern for the Russian retail giant comes just days after the former president’s now-famous Oval Office exchange with President Zelenskyy, in which he insisted Ukraine did not hold any negotiating leverage. “You don’t have the cards right now,” the president had told his Ukrainian counterpart. An internal White House readout now frames the Wildberries bombings as vindication of that assessment. “If Ukraine had the cards, they wouldn’t be reduced to blowing up warehouses,” one aide reportedly said. “They’d be sorting and shipping, like a serious country.”
The White House did not respond to a request for comment on whether any of the president’s private businesses stood to benefit from a logistics pact with a foreign firm. However, a follow-up inquiry was quietly routed to the Department of Commerce with a subject line reading, “Simferopol Fulfillment Center, Phase 1.”
