Will Chalk
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5,182 appearances
37 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 5d ago
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That's the biggest city in the Sverdlovsk region.
Now, when you look at those pictures, you know, it's hard to say, but it doesn't look like just debris.
It looks like something hit its target.
Either way, there was a huge amount of disruption.
These outlets for this office, in fact, of Wildberries had to be evacuated.
And much more embarrassingly, they had to suspend the National Athletics Championships because of this nearby drone attack.
I think we can hear from someone who was there.
It's hard to overstate just how embarrassing this is.
The national athletics championships in Russia would normally be very prominent.
But since Russia was banned effectively from most international sporting occasions, it's had particular importance.
So to have it disrupted by a Ukrainian drone really will annoy the authorities in Russia.
Bear in mind also Yekaterinburg is 2,000 kilometres inside Russia.
So it's just another sign of Ukraine's success in penetrating deep inside the Russian heartland.
And Paul, why would Ukraine be so keen to hit a retail outlet like Wildberries rather than military or, let's say, more strategic targets?
Yeah, it might sound like a low priority.
Well, what Ukraine says is that Wildberries supplies kit to the Russian military.
Russia denies this.
But in fact, if you look at Wildberries' website, you can see they sell things like camouflage gear, body armour.
Now, given that Russian soldiers often have to buy their own kit, it clearly can and probably does supply the Russian military.
But I think there's something else going on here.
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