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For the fourth time this week, Ukraine has carried out large-scale strikes on Wildberries marketplace warehouses, as these facilities are actively involved in supplying the Russian army with sanctioned components. The attacks are inflicting colossal damage on the Russian economy and shattering the illusion of security within the country.

In just one week, coordinated drone attacks destroyed or damaged about 10% of the company’s total logistics capacity. Fires engulfed massive hubs in the Moscow region (Elektrostal, Koledino), the Leningrad region (Novosaratovka), St. Petersburg, as well as in Tver, Krasnodar, Stavropol, and Russian-occupied Simferopol.

🔹 These logistics centers were used to supply sanctioned electronics, navigation equipment, and chips needed for the production of Russian missiles and drones.

🔹 Hubs for supplies from volunteers: Through Wildberries and Ozon, the Russian military, ‘Z-volunteers,’ and private military companies made bulk purchases of frontline equipment – armor vests, radios, thermal imagers, drones, and tactical medical supplies. Destroying these warehouses burns these supplies before they can be sent to the frontline.

This is a severe blow to Russia’s economy:

◾️ Supply chain collapse: Marketplaces control up to 80% of the online retail market in Russia. The destruction of warehouses is paralyzing domestic commerce, creating shortages of everyday goods.

◾️ Billions in business losses: The value of goods destroyed in the first warehouses to burn down was estimated at more than $1 billion. Russian small and mid-sized businesses are suffering catastrophic losses, as Wildberries changed its terms of service in advance, absolving itself of liability for compensation for drone strikes.

This is the disruption of Russians’ comfort zone:

◾️ Psychological effect: The presence of war is being brought from the border regions directly into the heart of Russia, depriving Russians of their familiar comfort. This shatters the “illusion of peaceful life” and compels them to reflect on the situation and call for an end to the war.

◾️ Infrastructure vulnerability: Complexes covering vast areas (up to 250,000 m²) are physically impossible to defend with air defense systems, especially after the Russian military redeployed its SAM systems to protect oil refineries.

This is a just retribution:

◾️ Throughout the war, the Russian army has been systematically destroying Ukrainian civilian sorting terminals and warehouses (including facilities belonging to Nova Post, ATB supermarket chain, and Rozetka). Ukraine has responded in kind, but is targeting only those civilian logistics hubs that directly supply the Russian war machine.

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War always comes back to those who started it.