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Ukraine hits more warehouses of Russia's top online retailer Wildberries
MOSCOW: Ukraine has attacked two more warehouses of Russian online retailer Wildberries, its boss said on Wednesday (Jul 22), extending a series of drone strikes on a company at the heart of Russia's consumer economy.Tatyana Kim, the co-founder and head of Wildberries, said warehouses had been attacked in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk, both in southern Russia. Social media footage, verified by Reuters, showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the air in Krasnodar. The regional governor said a young woman had been killed and three other people were being treated in hospital. Wildberries, often described as Russia's Amazon, is one of the country's biggest employers. Its shares are not publicly traded, but those of its rival Ozon were down 2.3 per cent on Wednesday afternoon, recovering somewhat
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