Ukraine launched one of its largest kamikaze drone attacks of the war against Russia on Sunday, with Russia's Defense Ministry saying air defenses intercepted 822 Ukrainian drones overnight, including roughly 600 headed toward Moscow.
Ukrainian long-range missiles and drone swarms have targeted high-value military assets and oil and gas infrastructure deep inside Russia this year, with Ukraine stepping up its latest attacks on logistical networks, such as Russia's version of Amazon, called Wildberries.
Another Wildberries logistics warehouse was struck on Sunday, this time near Moscow. That brings the total to 20 of the e-commerce giant's warehouses across Russia that have been targeted by Ukraine since mid-July.
Breaking news Telegram channel Astra reported that the latest Wildberries warehouse to be attacked is in Podolsk, Moscow Region, and is the "largest" warehouse owned by the e-commerce giant.
For context, Wildberries is Russia's largest online retailer and a critical national distribution network, with roughly 98,000 pickup points supporting tens of thousands of merchants.
The latest figures suggest that, as of Aug. 7, excluding the warehouse in Podolsk, Wildberries had 20 facilities and more than 1.18 million square meters of warehouse space, equivalent to over one-fifth of its capacity, taken offline by drone attacks.
The resulting inventory losses and delivery disruptions have sparked concerns about seller bankruptcies, inflation and potential state support.
Wildberries and another Russian e-commerce platform, Ozon, together sell goods and services worth 8.5% of Russia's gross domestic product. They provide jobs for 4 million people, or more than 5% of the country's workforce.
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Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continued striking Russian military assets and energy infrastructure in occupied Crimea. Russia retaliated overnight with strikes on Kyiv, targeting what Moscow described as facilities supporting Ukraine's military.
Neither side has demonstrated an ability to shut down the other's expanding long-range strike campaign. Kyiv's attacks on Russia show that targeting is shifting to logistics and economic infrastructure, while Moscow continues targeting Ukraine's defense-industrial base.