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[-] fist_of_fartitude@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My conspiracy theory, for which I have no evidence, about the warehouse strikes:

Ukraine has intelligence showing Russia intends to do a widespread mobilization after the September elections. Wildberries is already able to procure a good range of military equipment at acceptable prices and has infinitely better logistics than Russian army, in addition to being not insanely corrupt and inefficient; who better for outsourcing (big chunks of) procurement? So, Ukraine decided to address the problem proactively, which helps in the short term (online retail is already an important source of war materiel) and makes a future mobilization logistically harder. Plus, you know, the discontent might make the population less compliant when the time comes to enter the grinder.

The voices in my head have mentioned that the Fedorov situation is also related, though they've vague about how.

[-] Bell@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

And getting the oligarchs to start looking for knives seems like a pretty big bonus.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Makes a lot of sense actually.

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