Ukraine's Drone Attack on Wildberries Sparks Economic Tensions with Russia

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Ukraine's Drone Attack on Wildberries Sparks Economic Tensions with Russia
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  1. Ukraine has launched another massive overnight drone wave on Russia. While this is nothing new or unusual, the number of drones concentrated specifically on the Moscow region was much larger than prior attacks.

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    As Ukraine embarked on a strategy of using long-range drones to attack deep inside Russia, it has expanded from striking military bases, oil refineries and other infrastructure to Wildberries warehouses, which provided particularly soft targets.

  2. The overnight attack started a fire at a warehouse of Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, in an industrial zone. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the company, which it says helps supply the Russian military, an allegation Moscow denies.

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    Ukraine’s drones have pummeled the giant depots belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, burning billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise and bringing the war home to the broad public.

  3. Wildberries initially sold clothing before expanding to appliances, household items, cosmetics, books and more. The platform with its distinct purple logo has become an undisputed leader in e-commerce, accounting for about half of all online orders in Russia. Businesses big and small use it to store, ship and deliver merchandise across the country’s 11 time zones.

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    Wildberries said its facility sustained "insignificant damage." The online retailer, widely seen as the 'Russian Amazon', has seen its logistics hubs frequently targeted over the past month.

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  1. 01 ZeroHedge

    Over 600 drones were sent on Moscow and the surrounding region overnight into Tuesday morning, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. It ranks among the single largest assaults on the capital of the war. Regional reports say it's the largest drone attack on Moscow of the last two years.

  2. 02 Bloomberg

    Russia’s Oil Exports Extend Their Slump Amid Ukrainian Drone Strikes Shipments fell for a fifth week with no crude loading from the key Novorossiysk oil terminal in the seven days to Aug. 16

  3. 03 Washington Times Business

    The attacks began on a July weekend and have continued for a month, stretching from Moscow and St. Petersburg, to cities in the south, and eastward to the Ural Mountains. The targets weren’t oil refineries, maritime hubs or arms plants hit by other Ukrainian strikes, but warehouses that bring the convenience of online shopping across the breadth of Russia.

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Original Articles (4)

Lean Right Moscow Swarmed By 600+ Ukrainian Drones In Massive Overnight Barrage — ZeroHedge
Lean Right "Absolutely Unprecedented": Diesel Crack Spread Hits Record As Refined-Products Crisis Arrives — ZeroHedge
Center Russia’s Oil Exports Extend Their Slump Amid Ukrainian Drone Strikes — Bloomberg
Lean Right Ukraine takes aim at Russia's economy and morale by attacking online retailer — Washington Times Business