Kyiv blows up biggest Wildberries hub in drone attack(www.independent.co.uk)
17 pointsby Animats3 hours ago1 comment
  • Animats3 hours ago
    Wildberries is Russia's equivalent of Amazon.

    Ukraine has apparently hit 7 of the 10 largest Wildberries hubs. This latest hit was on the hub for Moscow.

    [1] https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-knocks-7-of...

    • bushwart2 hours ago
      What's the rationale behind this? Is Wildberries hiding military hardware and munitions in its warehouses?
      • tonyedgecombe2 hours ago
        It’s providing logistical support. You could go to their website and order items for the “special police operation “.

        It’s also a juicy target from an economical perspective. They are going to need a ton of financial support to keep operating.

      • conradludgate2 hours ago
        I imagine they want the people of Russia to feel the economic pain of the war, and vote/protest accordingly.
        • tonyedgecombe2 hours ago
          That rarely works. Russia has been pounding Ukraine yet the Ukrainians are as defiant as ever.
          • conradludgate2 hours ago
            I think it's a matter of perspective. It's Russia's war. The Russian people didn't want this, but they have to live with their leader's decisions. For the Ukrainians, the alternative is surrendering to Putin.
        • Animatsan hour ago
          That sort of is the strategy. Ukraine says they pick targets in Moscow and St. Petersburg that hurt Russia's elites. The trouble is that Russia's elites have little influence over Putin. He crushed that a decade ago.

          The battlefront in Ukraine has been stuck for a year. People are dying, but nobody is winning. The front lines don't move much. Nobody really knows what to do. It's very WWI.

          • mittenscan hour ago
            > The trouble is that Russia's elites have little influence over Putin.

            Well, seems like they better start working on that

            I'm curious what happens when elites next to putin start losing their wealth by losing their actual assets