--- title: "Wildberries and Ozon Can't Shake Off Seller Lawsuits After Warehouse Strikes: Hundreds of Claims in Two Months" description: "Wildberries and Ozon received hundreds of lawsuits from sellers in July–September after strikes on warehouse infrastructure; seller associations estimate total damages at 600–800 billion rubles." date: 2026-09-20T19:20:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/wildberries-ozon-seller-lawsuits-after-warehouse-strikes tags: [wildberries, ozon, marketplaces, sellers-lawsuits, logistics-attacks, russia-ukraine] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Wildberries and Ozon Can't Shake Off Seller Lawsuits After Warehouse Strikes: Hundreds of Claims in Two Months ![Destroyed warehouse with a plume of smoke against a Wildberries sign — aftermath of strikes that triggered hundreds of seller lawsuits](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/21/wildberries-ozon-iski-sellerov-posle-udarov-po-skladam/wildberries-ozon-iski-sellerov-posle-udarov-po-skladam-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Over the period from July 15 to September 15, 2026, Wildberries (OOO "RVB") received 599 lawsuits (+53.6% year-on-year), while Ozon received 236 lawsuits (more than double the year-ago figure). - Attacks on Wildberries' logistics began on July 18, and on Ozon's warehouses from August 25; seller associations estimate the number of victims at over 400,000 and the damages at 600–800 billion rubles. - The platforms refuse to acknowledge responsibility for the destroyed goods, while sellers build their lawsuits on damage reports compiled by the company itself. Russia's largest marketplaces, Wildberries and Ozon, have been hit by an unprecedented wave of legal claims from sellers who are suffering losses due to strikes on the platforms' warehouse and logistics infrastructure. According to data collected for the period from July 15 to September 15, 2026, OOO "RVB" — the legal entity representing Wildberries — received 599 lawsuit filings. This is 53.6% more than for the same period a year earlier. Ozon's legal entity received 236 new lawsuits over the same period, more than double the figure from the previous year. The bulk of the claims are filed by small companies — online sellers whose goods and turnover directly depend on the operation of the platforms' warehouses. ### Timeline of the strikes on logistics Systematic attacks on Wildberries' logistics facilities, according to available data, began on July 18, 2026, while strikes on Ozon's warehouses have been recorded since August 25. It was precisely after these dates that a sharp rise in the number of court filings began: sellers who lost goods in the warehouses started formalizing their claims and submitting them to the courts. Experts note that the increase in litigation coincides in time with the start of the strikes, indicating a direct causal link between the destruction of the infrastructure and the wave of legal disputes. ### Sellers' position and damage assessment The International Association for the Development of Marketplaces and Entrepreneurs stated that more than 400,000 sellers were affected by the attacks, and that total damages, by their estimates, reach 600–800 billion rubles. The Union of Marketplace Sellers (SPM) explains that the number of lawsuits against Wildberries and Ozon grew precisely because sellers lost goods in the warehouses. Mikhail Boldyrev, head of the "Digitalization" practice at KSK Group, clarifies that some of the legal claims are directly linked to the attacks on the infrastructure: Wildberries sellers rely on damage reports compiled by the company itself, and on the basis of these reports they challenge the platform's position, which refuses to acknowledge its responsibility for the losses. ### Contradictory data There are significant discrepancies in the public statements of the parties. On the one hand, sellers and associations speak of hundreds of thousands of victims and hundreds of billions of rubles in damages, however these figures are the associations' own estimates and are not confirmed by an independent audit or by disclosed financial reports of the marketplaces. On the other hand, the platforms, according to experts, refuse to acknowledge responsibility for the destroyed goods, while sellers are forced to build their lawsuits on reports compiled by the defendant company itself. Thus, the key figures on damages and the scale of losses remain a matter of dispute: one side estimates the losses at 600–800 billion rubles, while the other does not publicly confirm these amounts. The specific figures on lawsuits (599 for Wildberries and 236 for Ozon over the specified period) are cited as data from court registries and appear more verifiable. ### Context: the nighttime attack on Moscow Against the backdrop of growing legal pressure on the marketplaces, last night, on September 20–21, 2026, Ukraine reportedly carried out one of the largest attacks on Moscow. According to reports, the strikes hit one of Russia's key oil industry enterprises and a logistics facility. On the evening of September 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially acknowledged that Ukraine had been striking the country's territory using thousands of drones, as well as missiles. These events intensify the overall context of pressure on the logistics and industrial infrastructure, in which the marketplaces turn out to be a vulnerable link, and their sellers — the main victims in the legal sense. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Ukrainian forces created a new serious problem for Wildberries and Ozon](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/zsu-organizuvali-wildberries-i-ozon-novu-1789931763.html) - Подтверждает рост исков и связь с ударами по инфраструктуре маркетплейсов. - [Wildberries and Ozon faced a wave of lawsuits from sellers](https://charter97.org/ru/news/2026/9/20/699115/) - Совпадает с темой вала исков от продавцов после атак на склады. - [Attacks on Wildberries warehouses. What is the future of the business in the Russian Federation?](https://www.dw.com/ru/ataki-na-sklady-wildberries-prodolzautsa-kakoe-budusee-u-biznesa-v-rf/a-78256950) - Контекст по атакам на склады и последствиям для бизнеса. - [Ukrainian forces' attacks on Wildberries warehouses turned into billion-ruble losses for sellers and a scandal over ...](https://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F/20260718-%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%83-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B-wildberries-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%B8-%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3-%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2) - Подтверждает миллиардные убытки продавцов; оценка сумм — по заявлениям сторон. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: How many lawsuits did Wildberries and Ozon receive in July–September 2026? **A:** According to data for the period from July 15 to September 15, OOO "RVB" (Wildberries) received 599 lawsuit filings — 53.6% more than a year earlier, while Ozon received 236 new lawsuits, more than double the figure for the same period last year. ### Q: When did the strikes on the marketplaces' warehouses begin? **A:** Systematic attacks on Wildberries' logistics facilities, according to available data, began on July 18, 2026, while strikes on Ozon's warehouses have been recorded since August 25. ### Q: What damages do the seller associations estimate? **A:** The International Association for the Development of Marketplaces and Entrepreneurs reported more than 400,000 affected sellers and total damages of 600–800 billion rubles. These figures are the associations' estimates and are not confirmed by an independent audit.