Ukrainian drones torched two warehouses belonging to Russia's largest online retailer over the weekend, killing eight civilians and wounding more than 70 — and every missile that flew was subsidized by the American taxpayer in a war we were told we would never fight.
The strikes hit Wildberries, a private e-commerce platform that is essentially Russia's Amazon, at facilities in Elektrostal (30 miles east of Moscow) and Tambov (295 miles southeast of the capital). Russian analysts peg the total economic damage at up to 100 billion rubles, roughly $1.3 billion, making it one of the costliest hits on Russian commercial infrastructure since the war began. Restoring the facilities alone could cost $457 million, according to Kommersant.
So why is Ukraine bombing a shopping warehouse? Ukrainian officials offer two rationales. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes were retaliation for Russian attacks on Ukrainian postal and logistics company Nova Poshta, and claimed the Wildberries warehouses held components used
