Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes
Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted logistics facilities belonging to Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, causing fires and injuries. This follows a pattern of attacks on Russian economic infrastructure, which Moscow has vowed to retaliate against.
Why it matters
The targeting of major commercial logistics hubs marks an expansion of the economic conflict between Russia and Ukraine, increasing risks to civilian infrastructure.
Image source, Reuters By James Gregory Published 20 minutes ago Warehouses belonging to Russia's second-largest online retailer have been hit by a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes.
Ozon said its logistics facilities in the southern regions of Krasnodar, Dagestan, Stavropol and Adygea were on fire and several people had been injured following overnight strikes.
Ukraine has for weeks struck sites belonging to Wildberries, the country's biggest online retailer, describing the firm as a legitimate target because it supplied components to the military, which Moscow denies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Ukraine had opened "Pandora's box" by striking economic targets and that Russia would hit back at Kyiv's "most sensitive economic sectors".
Russia has targeted Ukraine's civilian infrastructure since launching its full-scale invasion in 2022, and recent Russian attacks have hit Ukrainian warehouses and cargo terminals.
Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians.
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