Ukraine takes aim at “Russia’s Amazon”

Since mid-July, Ukraine has struck more than a dozen warehouses owned by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, as Kyiv expands its long-range campaign to target Russian economic infrastructure

Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries (Jul 18-Aug 3)

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Founded in 2004 by Tatyana Kim (above), Russia’s richest woman, Wildberries has become one of country’s largest e-commerce platforms

By Aug 2, around 17-22% of Wildberries’ logistics space had been affected by drone attacks according to research agency Data Insight, cited by Forbes Russia

This means up to 1.15 million sq m out of total 5.2 million sq m of space had been damaged

Sources: Reuters, BBC
 Picture: Getty Images
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