Ukraine hits Russian logistics with drones, Ozon warehouse damaged

Ukrainian drones targeted Russian logistics infrastructure on Sunday, striking a warehouse belonging to Ozon, one of Russia's largest online retailers, in the Orenburg region. Governor Yevgeny Solntsev reported that fragments from the unmanned aerial vehicles damaged two industrial sites, including the Ozon facility. Russian air defense systems reportedly intercepted six drones over the region, and no injuries were reported.

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Russian air defense shot down six drones over the region.

Ozon confirmed on Telegram that over 300 people were evacuated from its logistics center in the Orenburg region, and operations at the site have been suspended. This incident marks the second consecutive day of attacks on Ozon's infrastructure. On Saturday, Ukrainian drones hit another Ozon logistics center in the Samara region, the first direct attack on the company's facilities. The Russian retailer, the country's second-largest online seller, had its operations halted at the Samara center following that attack, which also resulted in reported injuries.

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from its logistics center in the Orenburg region evacuated over 300 people.

Ukrainian authorities and military officials frame these attacks as part of a broader campaign aimed at Russia's economic infrastructure, which they argue is crucial for financing and sustaining the war against Ukraine. The strikes on Ozon align with a series of attacks on Russian trade and logistics infrastructure that have occurred over recent weeks, previously targeting Ozon's larger competitor, Wildberries.

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Ukrainian authorities and military officials present these types of attacks as part of a broader campaign aimed at Russian economic infrastructure, which is important for financing and conducting the war against Ukraine.

Russia has reported an increasing scale of Ukrainian aerial attacks. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that 328 Ukrainian drones were shot down from Saturday night to Sunday morning, a decrease from the 457 reported the previous night. These Ukrainian strikes on Russian targets occurred just a day after one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Ukraine, where drone strikes on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih killed at least 16 people and injured over 130. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukrainian attacks on economic targets could lead to Russian retaliation, while Kyiv maintains that hitting economic infrastructure limits Moscow's war-funding capabilities.

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Ukrainian attacks on economic targets have opened a 'Pandora's box' and could lead to Russian retaliation.