Ukraine extends its drone campaign, burning this Russian e-commerce warehouse to the ground

For the second time in five weeks, Ukrainian long-range drones struck a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, causing a fire that burned it to the ground, local authorities said on Wednesday.The depot in the Tambov region southeast of Moscow, which is 500 or so kilometers (300 miles) from the Ukrainian border, was previously hit on July 18 when seven people were killed. That attack heralded the start of Ukraine’s aerial campaign that has delivered repeated blows to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries. The company’s size and commercial importance have brought comparisons with Amazon.Ukraine’s cutting-edge drone capabilities developed since Russia’s February 2022 invasion have allowed it to hit dozens of Wildberries facilities across Russia in recent weeks. Ukraine says goods sold by the company include equipment and technical components that are used by the Russian military. The attacks have also served Ukraine’s war goals by unsettling Russians living far from the front line and hurting the Russian economy.Ukraine has also targeted oil facilities that are the backbone of the economy in Russia, which is one of the world’s largest energy producers.Ukrai…