• Ukraine launches strikes on Russian online retailer Wildberries logistics centres, resulting in casualties and damage.
• Ukrainian President Zelensky justifies attacks as part of defensive campaign against Russia's invasion, targeting facilities supplying Russian military.
• Kremlin accuses Ukraine of terrorist attacks on civilian facilities, denies Wildberries logistics hubs used for military supply.

Ukraine has again targeted Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, launching strikes on logistics centres, authorities said on Wednesday.

Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim wrote on Telegram on Wednesday morning that the strikes had hit logistics centres in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk in southern Russia. Unverified footage purporting to show large fires circulated on social media.

According to the Russian authorities, two people were killed and at least 14 others were injured.

The governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, earlier said that one person had been killed in an attack on an oil depot in Armavir.

It was also reported that nine people were injured in the attack on the Wildberries warehouse in Krasnodar. Earlier reports had mentioned 10 injured; one of the injured died in hospital.

The governor of the Stavropol region, Vladimir Vladimirov, said five people had been injured in the fire in Nevinnomyssk.

Citing expert estimates, the newspaper Kommersant reported that around 7% of Wildberries' storage capacity was now unusable.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared calm during a meeting and described the country's economic situation as stable, despite the Ukrainian attacks.

Zelensky praises attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again justified the attacks as part of Kiev's defensive campaign against Russia's full-scale invasion, which has been ongoing since February 2022.

He wrote on social media that the strikes had targeted "logistics hubs involved in supplying the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment, and other gear - as well as another oil depot."

A tanker and four cargo ships were also hit in the Black Sea and the neighbouring Sea of Azov, Zelensky said.

He thanked the armed forces "for these results," saying Ukraine was "quite justly, bringing the war back home - to Russia."

Kremlin accuses Ukraine of attacking civilian facilities

Ukraine had already set fire to Wildberries logistics centres in the Moscow region and in the Tambov region a few days ago. A total of eight people were killed and dozens injured in those strikes.

Russian investigators then accused Ukraine of targeting civilian facilities in what they called terrorist attacks. Russia has also struck logistics centres in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the situation was not easy for the retailer and its customers. Many small and medium-sized businesses rent space in the logistics centres to store their goods; A number of them now fear for their survival.

Zelensky claimed that goods that are subject to Western sanctions and could be used for both civilian and military purposes were stored in Wildberries warehouses.

Russian commentators said Ukraine was trying to stoke opposition to the war among the Russian public.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov denied that Wildberries logistics hubs were being used to supply the Russian military. "The Kiev regime continues its strikes against civilian targets - that is the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime," he said.