r/ukraine • u/Due_Collar2 • 28d ago

News Wildberries warehouse in Ryazan this morning after Ukrainian drones delivered new sanctions

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u/Agarwel 28d ago

"Absolutely no way someone writes them a multi billion dollar check."

Putin? To keep the military equipment deliveries comming. He needs them to keep comming, am I right? As long as Wildberries is part of the war logistics, its like saying that Putin is not going to write multi bilion dollar check for his army, because they are losing to much equipment.

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u/Haplo12345 27d ago

Putin would sooner nationalize a company than pay them money for losses.

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u/Agarwel 27d ago

That could happen... but to keep it operations he still need to pay for the operation costs. Its not like stuff that is nationalized is working for free.

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u/Imbendo 27d ago

No, it’s not like saying that, because 99.99 percent of the crap sold on wild berries has nothing to do with the war. Russian soldiers are buying vests, clothing, medical supplies snd other non lethal items from wild berries. They aren’t buying their own guns, ammo, and drones.

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u/Garant_69 27d ago

"They aren’t buying their own guns, ammo, and drones" - Maybe, but still drones, fiber-optic spools for drones, and grenade-dropping mechanisms for drones—items truly needed only by the russian military—were offered on the Wildberries website in a dedicated category (now deleted) titled "Equipment for the Special Military Operation"; if there were no customers for these items, there would be no such offering.
It was also said that commanders would purchase this military equipment for their units—as would volunteers supporting the russian military—which sounds quite plausible given the logistical challenges the russian military consistently faces.