The logo of Russian e-commerce giant Ozone seen in downtown Moscow on August 24, 2026. Russian e-commerce giant Ozone announced that its warehouse was attacked by a drone on August 24, 2026, as Ukraine advances a campaign targeting logistics facilities.
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Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russia’s e-commerce industry is expanding from wild berries to ozone as Kiev seeks to inflict fresh pain on President Vladimir Putin’s wartime economy.
Ukraine is targeting Russian logistics infrastructure owned by major online retailers, including Amazon-style retail giant Wildberry, in a bid to disrupt commercial supply chains and increase the financial burden facing banks and businesses.
Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online retailer, is the next target in Ukraine. The company’s shares plunged nearly 30% on the Moscow Exchange on Monday after reports of drone attacks in southern Russia, bringing the number of facilities targeted in the past three days to six.
In recent days, attacks have been reported on logistics hubs in Dagestan’s Makhachkala and Enem towns on the outskirts of Krasnodar, and on Saturday, a drone attack at the Ozone logistics center in the Samara region halted work.
Ozon said via Telegram that the attack in the Samara region caused a fire at a warehouse and more than 500 employees were evacuated “within minutes.”
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said Monday that it has observed evidence that the Ukrainian military has turned to its fiercest attack on the Wildberry Distribution Center since mid-July and stepped up attacks on the Ozone warehouse since Saturday.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said on social media on Saturday that “coordinated attacks on storage centers storing dual-use goods are disrupting the enemy’s logistics and negatively impacting the Russian economy as a whole.”
“After Ukrainian military units attacked 15 of Wildberries’ largest logistics hubs, it was now Ozone’s turn,” the ministry said.
Putin accuses Ukraine of opening ‘Pandora’s Box’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had previously sought to justify the attack on the Wildberry warehouse by saying the targeted site was involved in providing drone parts, navigation equipment and other military components to the Russian military.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments issued over the weekend that Ukraine had opened a “Pandora’s Box” with its attacks on Russia’s economic targets, and promised to strike back in Kiev’s “most sensitive economic sector.”
Founded in 1998, Ozon has grown to become a major player in Russia’s e-commerce sector.
A fuel tanker chases a vehicle belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Ozone in downtown Moscow on August 24, 2026. Russian e-commerce giant Ozone announced that its warehouse was attacked by a drone on August 24, 2026, as Ukraine advances a campaign targeting logistics facilities.
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The combined revenue of the three market leaders Wildberries, Ozone and Yandex reached about $140.3 billion by the end of last year, Kyiv-based think tank Ukraine Center for Security Cooperation said, citing data from the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This is equivalent to more than 5% of Russia’s gross domestic product.
Russia has largely defied economic expectations throughout its four-and-a-half years of all-out war with Ukraine, but analysts suggest it is becoming harder to hide the cracks in Putin’s wartime economy.
The Kremlin’s heavy reliance on military spending, increased taxes and subsidized bank loans have all been cited as concerns.
