# More than 11 million books destroyed in strikes on Wildberries warehouses

https://mins.news/en/item/21949

- Meduza, 2026-08-14 08:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/14/more-than-11-million-books-destroyed-in-ukrainian-strikes-on-wildberries-warehouses-including-school-textbooks-and-copies-of-russia-s-constitution

> Russian book-industry groups estimate that more than 11 million books burned after Ukrainian attacks hit Wildberries warehouses in Russia. The losses included fiction, children’s books, textbooks, a new edition of Russia’s Constitution, and large quantities of exam-preparation materials. Ukrainian publishers say Russian strikes have destroyed more than 10 million books in Ukraine in recent months.

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