{
  "id": 2617078,
  "title": "Ukrainian drones kill at least 10, hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/ukrainian-drones-kill-at-least-10-hit-warehouse-of-russian-online",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T17:40:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3364941/ukrainian-drones-kill-least-10-hit-warehouse-russian-online-retailer-ozon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Saturday, Ukrainian drones inflicted at least 10 casualties and struck targets across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine, according to Russian officials. The attacks targeted a warehouse belonging to online retailer Ozon and an industrial facility. Both Russia and Ukraine are intensifying their drone campaigns, aiming to damage each other's economic infrastructure. The fighting on the battlefield has been ongoing for nearly four and a half years.\n\nOn Friday, a Russian drone attack in central Ukraine killed at least 16 people and wounded over 130. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Ukraine's strikes had \"opened a Pandora's box\" of Russian retaliation. French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to expedite the delivery of new French equipment to Ukraine following a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing Kyiv's shortage of air defenses.\n\nAccording to Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, the governor of Russia's Samara region, an elderly woman was killed in a strike on the city of Novokuibyshevsk, causing damage to industrial facilities. Ukraine's military stated that the city's oil refinery was targeted, resulting in a fire. Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, reported that its logistics center in Chapayevsk, located in the Samara region, was halted following the strike, which resulted in injuries.\n\nThe attack on Ozon is the first against the online retailer since weeks of drone strikes on its larger competitor, Wildberries, which Ukraine has characterized as part of a broader economic campaign against Russia's war efforts. In the southern Russian region of Krasnodar, three people, including two children, were killed in a strike on the Sea of Azov port town of Yeysk, causing a fire at an unnamed facility at the port. In Belgorod region, two people were killed and 13 wounded in Ukrainian attacks.\n\nIn Bryansk, a frontier region, four people sustained injuries in a Ukrainian drone strike. On the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, at least two were killed and 10 injured when Ukrainian drones struck a city bus. In Luhansk region, an eastern Ukrainian province largely controlled by Russia, two civilians, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed, and nine others were wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike. Russia's Defense Ministry reported that 457 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight.",
  "summary": "Ukrainian drones killed at least 10 people in attacks against targets across Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, including a warehouse owned by online retailer Ozon and an industrial facility, Russian officials said on Saturday. Russia and Ukraine are both ramping up drone campaigns aiming to cripple each other’s economic infrastructure, often striking targets far beyond the war’s front…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/russian-double-tap-attack-on-ukrainian-shopping-mall-kills-at-least-16",
        "published": "2026-08-22T13:31:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Ukrainian drones hit warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Ozon for the first time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/ukrainian-drones-hit-warehouse-belonging-to-russian-online-retailer",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:27:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Russian strikes target drone launch sites, ship and ports aiding Ukrainian military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/russian-strikes-target-drone-launch-sites-ship-and-ports-aiding",
        "published": "2026-08-22T19:04:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}