Ukraine's long-range drones have a new war target: Russia's version of the Amazon warehouse
Ukrainian long-range drones have been hitting warehouses belonging to a Russian e-commerce giant.About 10 such facilities have been hit in recent days, with at least 9 people killed.The target, Wildberries, is Russia's largest online marketplace, storing goods for hundreds of merchants.Ukrainian strike drones flying hundreds of miles into Russian territory have been hitting oil refineries, military sites — and now the country's biggest e-commerce warehouses.At least 10 facilities run by Russia's largest online retail firm, Wildberries, have been struck by long-range drones in the last two weeks.The fixed-wing drones have been hammering the retail giant's facilities in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, annexed Crimea, and other regions since July 18, causing major fires and killing at least nine people.Kyiv's strike campaign has been widely seen as an effort to pressure the Russian economy by kneecapping one of the country's largest marketplaces.
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Ukrainian long-range drones have been hitting warehouses belonging to a Russian e-commerce giant.About 10 such facilities have been hit in recent days, with at least 9 people killed.The target, Wildberries, is Russia's largest online marketplace, storing goods for hundreds of merchants.Ukrainian strike drones flying hundreds of miles into Russian territory have been hitting oil refineries, military sites — and now the country's biggest e-commerce warehouses.At least 10 facilities run by Russia's largest online retail firm, Wildberries, have been struck by long-range drones in the last two weeks.The fixed-wing drones have been hammering the retail giant's facilities in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, annexed Crimea, and other regions since July 18, causing major fires and killing at least nine people.Kyiv's strike campaign has been widely seen as an effort to pressure the Russian economy by kneecapping one of the country's largest marketplaces. Wildberries' parent group, RWB, reported about $73 billion in gross merchandise value last year.The firm is estimated to have lost over 9% of its warehouse space from July's attacks alone. Like Amazon, it operates an online platform that allows merchants to list their goods for sale and use its warehouses to store their inventory before delivery.That means the goods destroyed in the strikes belong mostly to individual business owners.
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- Ukrainian long-range drones have been hitting warehouses belonging to a Russian e-commerce giant.About 10 such facilities have been hit in recent days, with at least 9 people killed.The target, Wildberries, is Russia's largest online marketplace, storing goods for hundreds of merchants.Ukrainian strike drones flying hundreds of miles into Russian territory have been hitting oil refineries, military sites — and now the country's biggest e-commerce warehouses.At least 10 facilities run by Russia's largest online retail firm, Wildberries, have been struck by long-range drones in the last two weeks.The fixed-wing drones have been hammering the retail giant's facilities in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, annexed Crimea, and other regions since July 18, causing major fires and killing at least nine people.Kyiv's strike campaign has been widely seen as an effort to pressure the Russian economy by kneecapping one of the country's largest marketplaces.
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