50B rubles in damage, up to 15% of its warehouse space, and a contract clause that shifts the loss onto small vendors: inside Ukraine’s strike on Russia’s online retail giant, Wildberries

Eight people have been killed and more than 50 injured in Ukraine’s strike on Wildberries warehouses in the Moscow region and the Tambov region. Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes hit warehouses holding components used to make drones. At the same time, the fires destroyed thousands, or even tens of thousands, of items belonging to sellers who work through Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer. Very rough, preliminary estimates put the damage at more than 50 billion rubles. Up to 15%…