Ukrainian drones hit more sites of Russian online retailer Wildberries
Wildberries said 15 people were injured and operations were suspended after repeated drone strikes hit logistics hubs the company says support Russia’s military supply chain.
- Early Wednesday, Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries logistics centers in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai, setting off large fires that killed one person and injured 14 others.
- Ukraine's newest drones can reliably hit targets 1,000 kilometers inside Russia, enabling Kyiv to strike what it claims are military supply hubs; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argued the warehouses stored equipment destined for Russian forces.
- Weekend strikes in Elektrostal and Kotovsk killed eight people, with goods worth an estimated $1bn destroyed; additional warehouses were targeted Monday in Koledino south of Moscow.
- Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim began payments to affected sellers after the company earlier this month classified drone attacks as "force majeure events" exempting it from liability, compensating more than 88,000 vulnerable entrepreneurs within 24 hours.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday the facilities did not supply the military and accused Kyiv of striking civilian targets, while analysts estimate potential losses as high as about $3 billion, compounding existing economic pressures.
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Ukrainian drones have attacked huge e-commerce warehouses belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries over the past week. Ukraine says the company is involved in deliveries to the Russian military.
Within a week Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed several logistics centers of the online dealer Wildberries in Russia. Gasoline remains scarce, too. This causes resentment, but not resistance to the Kremlin's war course.
Wildberries is the Amazon of Russia. Ukraine is trying to destroy it
For nearly a week now, Ukraine has repeatedly attacked huge warehouses belonging to Wildberries, the massive online retailer often referred to as the Amazon of Russia. The drone attacks have destroyed billions of dollars worth of goods.
On Friday, a warehouse outside St. Petersburg belonging to the e-commerce company Wildberries, Russia's equivalent of Amazon, was attacked. It is the ninth Wildberries building to be hit in seven days. The attacks are described as a new phase in Ukraine's warfare inside Russia.
Ukraine continues attacks targeting warehouses belonging to one of Russia's largest online trading platforms.
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