Same-Day Delivery, Same-Day Detonation: Wildberries' Hit by a Ukrainian Drone
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- Ukraine destroyed 10 Wildberries warehouses in a strategic deep strike offensive.
- Wildberries is Russia's largest online retailer, comparable to Amazon, controlling 50% of Russia's online retail and 2% of its GDP.
- Ukraine justifies the attack claiming Wildberries supplies military gear to the Russian army.
- The strikes also serve as psychological warfare to make Russians, especially elites, feel unsafe and to foment dissent.
- Russia condemns the attacks as terrorism, but Ukraine's homegrown drones demonstrate effective deep strike capability.
- The damage impacts Wildberries' debt and Russian banking, contributing to economic destabilization.
- Ukraine's strategy aims to destroy the Russian economy and morale, using indigenous weapons and tactics.