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Tatyana Kim's Wildberries faces significant logistics disruption as Ukrainian drone strikes destroy nearly 20 major warehouses

Tatyana Kim, the founder of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, is seeing her company's logistics network face significant pressure from a series of Ukrainian drone strikes. Since mid-July, Ukraine has targeted nearly 20 of the company's warehouses, with reports indicating that approximately 27% of the company's total warehouse capacity has been knocked out of operation. While the administration has not officially declared the strikes a major economic threat, analysts suggest the impact is manageable. Rebuilding the damaged facilities could cost approximately 105 billion rubles ($1.29 billion), while sellers on the platform may face losses between 214.9 billion and 279.6 billion rubles ($2.64 billion-$3.44 billion). Tatyana Kim has stated that while the company is not legally required to be the retailer's sellers' compensation, it is discussing ways to provide financial assistance. Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander, Robert Brovdi, has vowed that all logistics warehouses belonging to the company will be destroyed by September. The strikes are intended to influence Russian society by targeting the millions of sellers and consumers connected to the retailer.

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