Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes
Ozon says its warehouses across southern Russia, including in Dagestan and Krasnodar, were hit in the overnight strikes.
A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted warehouses belonging to Russia's second-largest online retailer, Ozon. The logistics facilities in the southern regions of Krasnodar, Dagestan, Stavropol and Adygea were set ablaze, resulting in several injuries. Ukraine has been striking sites of major online retailers, including Wildberries, which Moscow claims supplies military components.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine had "opened Pandora's box" by striking economic targets, stating Russia would retaliate against Kyiv's most sensitive economic sectors. Following the strikes, Ozon's shares plummeted by up to 12% on the Moscow Exchange, while its major shareholder, AFK Sistema, saw a decline of nearly 13%.
The attacks come a day after Ozon's site in the Samara region was hit, injuring several of the company's workers. Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians, but the strikes have put strain on Russian businesses that rely heavily on these online retailers, with Ozon and Wildberries accounting for 85-90% of the economically active population in Russia.
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