Ukraine begins strikes on Ozon warehouses after targeting Wildberries hubs
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on Aug. 22 that the country’s forces had destroyed their first logistics hub belonging to Russian online marketplace Ozon.
On August 22, Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced that its forces had targeted and destroyed the first logistics hub of Russian online marketplace Ozon. The ministry shared a photograph of a fire at the company's logistics hub in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast, Russia. The ministry emphasized that strikes on Wildberries' largest logistics hubs had preceded the Ozon strike.
They also highlighted that repeated strikes on storage centers housing dual-use goods negatively impact the enemy's logistics and the Russian economy as a whole. Reports emerged of a drone attack in Samara Oblast, with regional authorities issuing a drone threat alert. Residents reported hearing air defense systems in action and observing smoke.
The Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery and the Ozon hub were reported to be hit. Ukraine's defense company, Fire Point, later confirmed the attack, stating that FP-1 drones were used to strike the refinery and the Ozon logistics hub in Russia's Samara Oblast. The targeted hub, one of the company's largest fulfillment centers in the Volga region, covers an area of approximately 135,000 square meters, with a capacity for over 40 million items.
It processes more than 215,000 orders daily. Ozon, a prominent Russian online marketplace, was ranked third among Russian retailers by sales in 2024, as reported by Forbes. As of the end of 2025, Ozon operated logistics infrastructure spanning 5 million square meters across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, comprising about 200 facilities.
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