Ukraine’s pivot to warehouse strikes brings war closer to ordinary Russians

Per The Guardian, Ukraine has pivoted its military strategy to target Wildberries—Russia's e-commerce giant, essentially the nation's Amazon. Strikes on warehouses outside Moscow this week destroyed thousands of items, including four thousand fur coats belonging to merchant Tatyana Mikhailova, who watched her inventory and months of preparation go up in flames. The tactic is deliberate: by attacking the commercial supply chains that ordinary Russians depend on, Ukraine is bringing the war's economic consequences directly to civilians far from the front.

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