Geostrategic Daily

bne IntelliNews · 27 August 2026

Missile War Monitor: two economies being taken apart, target by target

Ukraine has struck Russian oil refineries and warehouses of online retailers Wildberries and Ozon, causing significant losses and fuel price increases. Russia has targeted Ukraine's power system and retail infrastructure, including shopping centers, resulting in civilian deaths and power outages. Both sides are attacking economic targets to undermine each other's foreign currency generation, with neither campaign proving decisive.

Why it matters: This illustrates the theme of economic warfare, where both sides target infrastructure to degrade the other's economic capacity and foreign currency earnings.

supply chain risk · great power rivalry

Record

Source
bne IntelliNews (tier 1)
Published
27 August 2026
Link
https://www.intellinews.com/missile-war-monitor-two-economies-being-taken-apart-target-by-target-464078/
Content depth
full
Regions
europe-eurasia-mena
Subregions
russia
Actors
Ukraine, Russia, Lukoil, Wildberries, Ozon
Edition
2026-08-27

Grounding

Verbatim spans from the source text that support the summary above.

Ukraine hits Russian oil refineries and the warehouses of its two big online retailers.
Russia hits Ukraine's power system and its shops.
both are aiming at the part of the other's economy that generates foreign currency.