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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Ukraine strikes on Russia’s ‘Amazon’ warehouses bring war closer to ordinary people

Smoke billows into the sky behind a building as a woman looks at her phone while on a run
Smoke billows into the sky after a Ukrainian drone strike on a Wildberries warehouse on the outskirts of St Petersburg on Friday. Photograph: AP

Standing in front of a vast warehouse engulfed in flames outside Moscow, Tatyana Mikhailova watched as her entire stock of 4,000 fur coats, bought months in advance for the winter season, burned.

“It’s not just a warehouse that’s burning,” Mikhailova said in a video she shared on Instagram. “It’s the time you’ve invested, the immense stress you’ve endured, your money, and your last bit of hope. All I feel is emptiness.”

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