Ukrainian drones hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon in overnight strikes


Aug 22 (Reuters) - 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.

In ⁠a post on ⁠Telegram, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said that several people ⁠had ‌been wounded in the strikes. He did not name the ⁠industrial facility struck, but the region ​hosts several ‌oil refineries which have been repeatedly ⁠attacked by ​Ukraine.

Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, said in a statement on Telegram that work at ⁠its Samara region logistics ​centre in the town of Chapayevsk had been halted after the strike, which it said ⁠caused injuries.

The strike is the first so far on Ozon, after weeks of strikes targetingits larger rival Wildberries, which ​Ukraine has cast as ⁠part of a wider campaign against economic ​infrastructure underpinning Russia's military ‌campaign.

Russia's Defence Ministry said it ​downed 457 Ukrainian drones overnight.

(Reporting by Felix LightEditing by Alexandra Hudson)

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