Ukrainian drones hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon in overnight strikes
Russian officials said several dozen drones were shot down, but fires broke out at an oil refinery and an Ozon logistics complex.
- On the night of August 22, Ukrainian Defence Forces launched a drone attack against the Samara Region of Russia, striking the Ozon logistics hub in Chapaevsk and The Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery.
- The Ozon logistics complex in Chapaevsk covers approximately 135,000 square metres and is one of the largest warehouse facilities in the Volga region, with construction estimated at approximately 5 billion roubles.
- Part of the PJSC Rosneft group, The Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery has a design capacity of approximately 8.8 million tonnes of crude oil per year and supplies petroleum products including jet fuel to Russian forces.
- Local residents reported explosions and air defence activity during the night, while Governor of the Samara Region Vyacheslav Fedoryshchev confirmed damage to industrial plants despite claiming the massive attack was repelled.
- Videos circulating online show massive fires and thick smoke rising over the industrial sites, with details regarding damage extent and possible casualties currently being confirmed by officials.
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Ukrainian drones hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon in overnight strikes
The governor of Russia's Samara region said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had hit an industrial facility, as well as a warehouse belonging to Ozon , a major Russian online retailer, in strikes overnight.
Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Industrial Sites
In Russia's Samara region, Ukrainian drones attacked an industrial facility and a warehouse belonging to Ozon, a leading online retailer. The strikes led to injuries and halted operations at Ozon's logistics centre in Chapayevsk. This incident follows previous attacks on Russia's economic infrastructure.
According to the Russian company, a fire broke out at the facility and more than 500 workers had to be evacuated within minutes.
Ukrainian drones first attacked Ozon's logistics centre on the night of August 22, when the attack set fire to a warehouse in Samara region, and the industrial plant was damaged in the region, according to Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
Attack on a logistics center of the Russian online dealer Ozone in Tchapayevsk. Videos show the attack flight of a Kamikaze drone.
Ukrainian drones struck during the night a logistics center in Ozon, in the Russian region of Samara, where a large fire broke out. It is the first attack against the...
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