Tula’s Wildberries looks like a volcanic eruption.

The Wildberries in Tula Oblast is on fire. See #8 on the bingo card.

Bank of Russia REPO is virtually unchanged at 4.3 trillion rubles. REPO is lower now that the Ministry of Finance has suspended bond auctions. www.cbr.ru/eng/hd_base/...

The Wildberries logistics hub in Samara burned to the ground completely. See #9 below. (I’m not a huge fan of the graphic since it’s inaccurate about warehouse sizes, but it’s the clearest one I could find). See upper right corner of third pic. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/04/v...

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Darth Putin@darthputinkgb.bsky.social · yesterday

A Russian paratrooper jumped at Airborne Forces Day celebrations outside Moscow. His parachute failed to open and he crashed to his death. Making a perfect analogy for this war.

Link is 2024 reporting "on the construction of the first marketplace distribution center in the Leningrad Region with an area of 154 thousand square meters with an investment volume of 9 billion rubles." Supposed to open late 2025. Not sure if that's multiple sites or just the one that's burning.

Первую очередь складов Wildberries в Красном Бору откроют в 2024 году

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast@ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 2d ago

The facility in Krasny Bor is engulfed in flames.

The Wildberries in Krasny Bor, Leningrad oblast, is under attack 💥

There is a fire at the oil refinery in Syzran, Russia. 🔥

Oil & Oil products Graph Yikes

Yay, Russian 10-year bond yields back up to 15.80%. This says Russia should find it extremely expensive to borrow more money. Down vs last month, but still above the what Russia has been willing to pay this year. Bond auctions are paused, which generally reduces yields.

@leoskyview.bsky.social · 6d ago

1\ Grr, Russian 10-year bond yields continued to decline. 15.68%. This is roughly what "interest rate" Russia could borrow at if they issue 10-year bonds tomorrow. Fortunately, still above the 15.32% record Russia agreed to pay so far this year.

Russian refining fell to multi-year lows in July, per a new analysis from Bloomberg.

Daily oil/oil product loading is crashing out according to Russian Railways.

Cash outflow from banks as of July 31 amounted to 2,087 trillion rubles. The outflow for July alone was 643 billion rubles, the largest outflow since the pandemic crisis of March 2020. 🔥

Another location, Vladimir, has been added to the Wildberries hit list.

Stanimir Dobrev@delfoo.bsky.social · 2d ago

Updated infographic. We don't have information if the final part of the Vladimir facility was fully manned. In late 2024 1/3rd of the facility or 58 500 square meters of the total 176 000 were launched. We have 5 000 jobs for late 2024. Use our data as minimum estimate.

The Wildberries in Vladimir is engulfed in flames.

💥 The Wildberries warehouse in Vladimir oblast is huge: 176,000 square meters. Hopefully it burns to the ground today following Ukraine’s attack. lenta.ru/news/2024/11...

Компания Wildberries и Russ открыла логоцентр во Владимире

Объединенная компания Wildberries и Russ открыла новый склад во Владимире для приема поставок товаров продавцов. Уже запущена первая очередь комплекса.

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🛰 Satellite images of recently damaged Wildberries warehouses: 1) Novosemyeikino. 8/2 2) Volgograd. 7/31 3) Sarapul. 7/30 4) Ryazan. 7/29 5) Podolsk. 7/28 6) Penza. 7/30 -Dnipro Osint

💥 Wildberries in the Vladimir region is under attack by Ukraine.

Update from Crimea: August 2 shows a very dark peninsula compared to May.

All that remains of the Russian Wildberries logistics hub in Novosemeykino, Samara region, after it burned and completely collapsed following today’s drone attack.

Bashneft’s oil refinery in Ufa was also struck by Ukrainian drones; it’s on fire.

UPD: It appears to be another total loss. The whole logistics hub is on fire.

Ukraine War Brief Podcast@ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 4d ago

Novosemyeykino, Samara, Russia: locals report that a Wildberries warehouse is under attack in Novosemyeykino.

Novosemyeykino, Samara, Russia: locals report that a Wildberries warehouse is under attack in Novosemyeykino.

The Engels-2 airbase was attacked by Ukrainian drones tonight as well.

The refinery in Saratov is under attack by Ukrainian attack drones.

The refinery in Ufa has gone up in flames following a drone attack.

Wow!!

Prune60@prune602.bsky.social · 5d ago

‼️ Russia: “Russian banks currently lack available ruble liquidity to purchase federal loan bonds, which the Ministry of Finance is using to cover the budget deficit, according to Taras Skvortsov, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sberbank.” 🍿🔥🍿🔥🍿 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/31/s...

Interfax: Russia will allocate 24.3 billion rubles from the National Welfare Fund for preferential leasing of 72 helicopters. www.interfax.ru/business/110... Shrink that NWF baby!

РФ направит 24,3 млрд рублей из ФНБ на льготный лизинг 72 вертолетов

Правительство РФ разрешило направить 24,3 млрд руб. из Фонда национального благосостояния (ФНБ) на программу поставок 72 вертолетов Ми-8 по льготным лизинговым

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On the final day of the month, the Russian electronic budget portal shows a deficit of 8.681 trillion rubles.