Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries introduces drone-attack insurance

Wildberries will let sellers on its marketplace insure goods against damage or loss from terrorist attacks, sabotage, and drone strikes — along with their aftermath — starting August 7, 2026.

Under the updated insurance rules, sellers can recover up to 50,000 rubles per item in an order, capped at 100,000 rubles for each insured event.

The coverage applies only to delivery, storage at a pickup point, and returns, “as is the case with other risks,” the document notes. Warehouse storage goes unmentioned.

Wildberries has also raised its insurance rates, citing “the expanded coverage.” The new rates range from 1.96% to 5.6% of an item’s value, depending on its category.

Wildberries launched the seller insurance service in February 2025. During testing, the rate stood at 1.4%. Subsequently rates were set at 1.4% for electronics and appliances, 4% for clothing, footwear, and accessories, and 2% for all other categories.

• Ukraine has attacked Wildberries warehouses across Russia almost daily since mid-June, and some have burned down almost entirely. Business owners have already lost goods worth millions of rubles. Wildberries has promised compensation, but those who have received payouts say the amounts are negligible compared with their losses. The independent Russian media outlet The Bell calculates that direct losses to Wildberries itself could exceed 100 billion rubles.

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