Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s economy and morale by attacking online retailer
- Ukrainian drone attacks have targeted warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer.
- The attacks have affected about 20 facilities, causing significant damage and loss of merchandise.
- These strikes highlight Ukraine's capability to reach deep into Russian territory, challenging President Putin.
- The attacks have resulted in financial difficulties for Wildberries, which has substantial loans from banks.
- The founder of Wildberries, Tatyana Kim, has seen her empire shaken by these drone strikes.
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.
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. The attacks on about 20 Wildberries facilities have underlined Kyiv’s ability to strike far and wide inside Russia and posed a new challenge to President Vladimir Putin nearly 4½ years into his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
They have badly shaken the empire built by Tatyana Kim, the country’s richest female entrepreneur, whose fortune has been estimated at $8.1 billion. Hundreds of thousands of individual sellers have lost their merchandise, sending shock waves across Russia’s economy.
乌克兰通过攻击在线零售商瞄准俄罗斯经济和士气
这些袭击始于七月的一个周末，并持续了一个月，覆盖了从莫斯科和圣彼得堡到南部城市以及乌拉尔山以东的地区。这些目标不是油炼厂、海事中心或其他乌克兰袭击的军火工厂，而是为整个俄罗斯提供在线购物便利的仓库。
乌克兰的无人机猛烈攻击了属于俄罗斯最大在线零售商Wildberries的巨大仓库，焚烧了数十亿美元的商品，并将战争带回到广大公众面前。对约20个Wildberries设施的攻击突显了基辅在俄罗斯境内远程打击的能力，并对普京总统构成了新的挑战，距离他全面入侵乌克兰已经近四年半。
这些袭击严重冲击了塔季扬娜·金所建立的商业帝国，她是俄罗斯最富有的女性企业家，财富估计为81亿美元。成千上万的个体卖家失去了他们的商品，给俄罗斯经济带来了冲击。