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Ukraine’s Long-Range Drone Strike on Yekaterinburg Warehouse Exposes Russia’s Rear-Area Vulnerability

Ukrainian long‑range drones have struck a Wildberries logistics hub in Yekaterinburg, nearly 1,700 km from the border, setting the facility on fire. The attack shows how Ukraine’s expanding drone reach is turning Russia’s deep interior — and its economic nodes — into part of the battlefield.

Russia’s assumption that its industrial heartland lay beyond Ukraine’s reach took another hit on 7 August, when long‑range Ukrainian drones struck a major logistics warehouse in Yekaterinburg, sparking a fire at a facility thousands of kilometers from the front. The attack on a site used by Wildberries, one of Russia’s largest online retailers, underscores how the war is eroding the distinction between front‑line and rear‑area targets. Ukrainian sources reported that long‑range drones had hit the Wildberries warehouse complex in Yekaterinburg, in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region, roughly 1,700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. At least two impacts were observed, they said, with another drone apparently shot down over the site. Local authorities…

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