Ukrainian drones hit warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Ozon for the first time
Ozon suspended operations at the Chapayevsk hub and began redirecting deliveries and orders through other facilities.
On 22 August 2026, Ukrainian FP-1 drones carried out an attack on an Ozon warehouse in Chapayevsk, Russia's Samara Oblast. This marks the first time Ukrainian drones have damaged and set fire to an Ozon warehouse. The attack expanded Ukraine's campaign targeting major e-commerce distribution hubs to Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer.
The attack injured people and prompted the evacuation of over 500 employees from the facility. Ozon said that the strike caused significant damage, forcing them to indefinitely suspend operations and stop accepting seller deliveries. As a result, shipments are being redirected to other facilities, with affected orders either fulfilled elsewhere or canceled and refunded.
Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russia's major e-commerce distribution hubs in an effort to disrupt commercial logistics that Kyiv claims help sustain Moscow's war. The facility targeted is one of Ozon's largest in the Volga Oblast, storing goods and processing more than 215,000 orders daily. Neither the Samara Oblast Governor nor Ozon has provided specific details on the number of injuries or the extent of the damage.
Ukraine's military also reported that the same wave of drone attacks hit the Novokuibyshevsk refinery in Samara Oblast, causing a fire. Russian and occupation officials claimed that the broader wave caused civilian deaths and injuries in several locations, including Yeysk, Belgorod, Bryansk, and Russian-occupied Luhansk.
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