Ukraine strikes Wildberries warehouses, targeting Russia's top online retailer

Ukraine has escalated its drone campaign by attacking four warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, over the past week. The strikes target a company central to Russia's consumer economy, bringing the war closer to ordinary Russians. Wildberries, founded by Tatyana Kim—Russia's richest woman with a net worth of $7 billion according to Forbes—processes 20 million orders daily from vast warehouses totaling 33 million square feet. The attacks threaten losses for businesses selling through the platform and disruption for customers buying clothing, appliances, medicines, and cosmetics. The company has grown from a family business in a Moscow apartment to a key economic driver. Russia has retaliated by attacking Ukrainian infrastructure throughout the 4½-year war.