So basically, Ukrainian long-range drones hit a bunch of major warehouses belonging to Wildberries—which is essentially Russia’s Amazon—overnight on July 24. The biggest hits were around St. Petersburg, but they also struck locations in Tver and down in Crimea, causing huge fires. Wildberries’ founder said none of their employees got hurt and they managed to save parts of the buildings, though local officials said three people were injured near St. Petersburg and workers in Crimea had to evacuate. Operations at those main St. Petersburg fulfillment centers are shut down for now while they deal with the aftermath. Zelensky actually confirmed the strikes, saying the goal is to mess up the supply lines and logistics networks Russia relies on for the war. What’s crazy is this was actually the third time in less than a week that Wildberries got targeted, taking out roughly 10% of their total warehouse capacity nationwide.
Do the Kremlin next.
Wildberries were forced by Putin into a merger with Russ Group. Then became part of the military supply chain. They are using them to bypass sanctions on military goods. Wildberries was already selling body armor and helmets to civilians. Now they are a military supplier.
Thank you, this is the context I needed
You are welcome.
They were also selling fiber optics spools to control drones. So they are deep into the war effort.
from TASS news:
Tatyana Kim, Wildberries’ founder and Russia’s wealthiest woman, said the latest attacks had targeted warehouses in St Petersburg, in the surrounding Leningrad region and in Simferopol, the main city in Russian-controlled Crimea.
“We managed to save some of the premises and goods. I would like to thank our staff, our heroes – a swift evacuation was carried out at all warehouses,” Kim said in a statement. “According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties.”
“All of our efforts are now focused on redistributing goods across our warehouses to ensure more efficient stock turnover and the economic stability of our partners,” she said.
Can they hit US Amazon warehouses next?
Saving “part of the building” means little when 90% of it has collapsed.
It feels like surpriseed Pikachu meme to me.
In war… War stuff happensSomething something sowed the wind, something something reap the whirlwind.
