Marten Suur said the Wildberries logistics hub drone strike and other Ukrainian strikes on warehouses and Russia's oil infrastructure are making supplies harder to move to Russian forces at the front. He said the effect is already showing up in fuel flows and in the availability of electronics needed in the field.
Suure said fuel on the black market has risen five- or sixfold compared with the spring, which has pushed pressure into the logistics chain. He added that less fuel now reaches frontline units because there is little left to steal before it arrives.
Marten Suur on fuel flows
Suur said Russian forces still give fuel priority inside Russia, but the route to the front has become more strained. In his words, "The Russian army has priority when it comes to fuel supplies in Russia. But because the price of fuel on the black market has risen five- or sixfold compared with the spring, there is pressure at intermediate points in the logistics chain to steal it. As a result, less fuel reaches frontline units. Until now, fuel has been stolen before it reaches the army and the authorities have turned a blind eye to it. But now there is nothing left to steal, which makes logistics at lower levels considerably more difficult."
He said the pressure is not limited to fuel. Attacks on retail chains and warehouses belonging to Wildberries and Ozon have made drones, tablets, power banks and generators less readily available at the front.
Wildberries and Ozon warehouses
Suure said, "That channel has now dried up. In addition, attacks on retail chains and warehouses belonging to Wildberries and Ozon have made all kinds of essential electronic equipment less readily available — drones, tablets, power banks and generators, all of which are badly needed at the front. We cannot speak of a major turning point, but we can speak of sand in the gears."
The remarks link the warehouse strikes to a broader pattern of disruption around Russian supply lines, including attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure. The same account places those logistics problems alongside fighting in Donetsk Oblast, pressure on Kharkiv from the north and Russian advances toward Kostiantynivka.
Kyiv on August 20
The timing is tied to events on August 20, when Russian forces carried out one of their largest air attacks on Kyiv to date and killed at least 16 people. The account does not name a new strike, deadline or decision after that, so the practical question for the front is whether the supply squeeze deepens or stays at the level Suur described: friction, not a break in the system.
