Ukraine has widened its drone campaign against Russian e-commerce logistics, with Ozon reporting fresh fires at warehouses on consecutive days after earlier strikes on Wildberries facilities.
According to Ozon, a “major fire” broke out at one of its logistics centres in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Monday after a drone attack. The company said staff were evacuated and that there were no immediate reports of casualties. On Sunday, it had said a fire ha...
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d started at a warehouse in the Orenburg region, also after a drone strike, and that operations there were suspended. A day earlier, another Ozon site in the Samara region was hit, leaving an unspecified number of workers injured, the company said.
The latest attacks follow a broader Ukrainian effort against Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, which has come under repeated drone strikes in recent weeks. Ukrainian officials have accused the company of supporting the Russian military by supplying components, an allegation Moscow-based businesses have rejected.
Wildberries and Ozon dominate Russia’s fast-growing online retail market, with extensive delivery networks and pick-up points across the country. Their size and dispersed warehouse systems have made them attractive targets for Ukrainian drones, which are generally easier to reach than heavily defended military sites.
The effects have been significant. Warehouses struck in the campaign have suffered fires, shutdowns and damage worth billions of dollars, according to the reporting from the region. Some of the facilities were storing highly flammable goods, worsening the destruction.
On Saturday, Ukraine’s military said it was shifting its focus from Wildberries to Ozon. “After Ukrainian units hit the 15 largest logistics hubs of Wildberries, it is now Ozon’s turn,” the defence ministry said in a statement. A logistics centre near an Ozon site on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg was also struck, underscoring the spread of the campaign beyond Moscow’s immediate orbit.
The attacks come as Ukraine has sharply expanded its long-range strike capability in 2026. The Guardian reported that one of the largest drone barrages of the war hit the Moscow region on 16 August, when Russian authorities said at least six people were killed and hundreds of drones were launched overnight. Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said 600 drones had targeted the region, while Russian defence officials claimed to have intercepted 1,478 drones across the country in 24 hours.
That scale of assault, if confirmed, would mark a significant escalation in Ukraine’s ability to hit targets deep inside Russia. Analysts quoted by The Guardian said the country has increasingly relied on domestically developed systems, including long-range drones and cruise missiles, to strike warehouses, fuel depots, ports and military-linked sites far beyond the front line.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged support for Wildberries and said the government would help rebuild logistics facilities damaged by Ukrainian attacks. Moscow has described the strikes as attacks on civilian infrastructure, even as the war, now in its fifth year, continues to inflict heavy losses on both sides and cause widespread destruction across Ukraine’s east and south.
Source: Noah Wire Services
