Russian online retailer Ozon warehouse in Orenburg region hit in drone attack, governor says

Smoke rises from an Ozon warehouse following a Ukrainian drone attack, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Chapayevsk, Samara region, Russia, August 22, 2026, in this screen grab taken from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS USE ONLY. VERIFICATION: - Building, structures, road layout and terrain matched archive and satellite imagery. - Date confirmed by governor of Russia's Samara region saying that Ukrainian drones had hit an industrial facility and a warehouse belonging to Ozon. - Ozon said in a statement on Telegram that work at its Samara region logistics center in the town of Chapayevsk had been halted after the strike. - No older versions of the video found posted online before August 22.

Aug 23 (Reuters) - The ⁠governor of Russia's Orenburg region said ⁠on Sunday that two industrial facilities ‌were hit by drone debris, including a warehouse owned by Ozon, a major Russian online retailer.

Governor ​Yevgeny Solntsev said that the ⁠Russian defence ministry ⁠had repelled six drones over the region, adding ⁠that ‌no one had been injured. He did not name the ⁠second damaged facility.

Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, ​said ‌in a statement on Telegram that the ⁠company ​had evacuated more than 300 people and that work at its Orenburg region logistics ⁠centre had been halted.

On Saturday, ​Ukrainian drones hit an Ozon logistics centre in Russia's Samara region in a strike which ⁠was the first on Ozon. The strike follows weeks of drone attacks targeting its larger rival Wildberries, which Ukraine has ​cast as part of ⁠a wider campaign against economic infrastructure underpinning ​the Russian war in ‌Ukraine.

Russia's defence ministry said ​it downed 328 Ukrainian drones overnight.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)