Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses destroyed 15 million books, Russian officials say
Vladimir Grigoriev, director of the Periodicals and Book Industry Support Department at the Digital Development Ministry, said drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses have cost Russia’s book industry 6 billion rubles, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant.
According to Meduza, Russian officials claim that Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses have destroyed 15 million books, costing Russia's book industry 6 billion rubles. The warehouse fires have also led to discussions within the industry about reduced VAT rates and other measures to help publishers recover from the losses.
Ukraine has been conducting drone strikes on Wildberries' largest warehouses since mid-June, and the damage to the marketplace and its sellers is estimated at hundreds of billions of rubles. Additionally, Ukraine has started targeting Ozon warehouses, Russia's second-largest marketplace, since late August.
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