Zelensky says retailer moving "drone components" for Russian army justifies strikes
“drone components, navigation equipment and other gear”
Ukrainian authorities are investigating a Russian ballistic missile strike on a defense exhibition near Kyiv that killed at least 10 people Friday, with prosecutors opening both a war crimes case against Russia and a separate probe into how the event was organized and promoted despite the risk of an attack. Separately, President Volodymyr Zelensky cited the retailer’s role in supplying military equipment as justification for Ukraine’s recent long-range drone strikes, which hit a Wildberries warehouse near St. Petersburg and a military plant in Russia’s Kirov region. Zelensky claimed the company’s logistics network had been moving drone parts and navigation gear for the Russian armed forces.
- irishtimes.com ↗︎24 JUL 2026