Ukraine assault on Russian retail giant Wildberries brings war home to consumers and retailers

By Yerzhan Tokbolat, Lecturer in Finance, Queen's University Belfast

Ukrainian drones are regularly striking warehouses belonging to Wildberries – Russia’s largest online marketplace, often described as its answer to Amazon.

This is the latest front in a campaign that has made the economic costs of the war harder for ordinary Russians to ignore. Earlier this summer, strikes on oil refineries and fuel infrastructure contributed to shortages, rising prices and queues at petrol stations.

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