On August 16, 2026, Russia’s defense ministry said it had intercepted 822 Ukrainian drones in a single night, and a giant logistics center belonging to Wildberries — often called “Russia’s Amazon” — burned outside Moscow. More than twenty of the company’s facilities have been hit since mid-July. Why is Ukraine striking an online retailer instead of military bases? This video looks at the economics of mass-produced long-range drones, why an attack can succeed even when most of it is shot down, and how the concentration that makes logistics efficient in peacetime turns hubs into high-value targets in war. We also translate how Japanese social media reacted.
※The figures of 822 and 600 drones are Russian announcements, and the claim that seven of ten top hubs were knocked out is a Ukrainian announcement; none are independently verified. Japanese reactions are translated summaries of posts on X and do not represent Japanese public opinion at large.
Full article: https://sekahan0623.com/en/global-reactions-en/wildberries-drone-strikes-rear-area-warfare/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/sekahan_0623
This program is produced with synthesized narration (Voice: Google Cloud Text-to-Speech (Chirp 3: HD)).
