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Ukrainian drones start fire at Russian oil export port

Ukraine’s relentless drone campaign has struck Russia’s Ust-Luga port, starting a massive blaze, and notching up its offensive against Moscow’s vital energy hubs. More than 52 drones and missiles were shot down over the Leningrad Region yesterday, its governor Alexander Drozdenko said on social media platform Telegram. “The drone attack caused damage to the Ust-Luga ...

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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