The key facts

  • An Ozon warehouse in Adygeysk caught fire after a drone attack on November 4
  • The company confirmed the strike on one of its warehouses
  • Previous strikes affected Ozon and Wildberries facilities; Kyiv accuses Wildberries of supplying components to the Russian army

Fire at a warehouse in Adygeysk

On November 4, a warehouse of the Ozon marketplace caught fire in the city of Adygeysk in southern Russia: footage circulated on social media shows flames and thick smoke. The company itself confirmed that one of its warehouses had come under a drone attack. This was reported by Euronews.

Context: strikes on retailers' logistics

The incident fits into what Euronews assesses as Ukraine's ongoing campaign of strikes against Russia's logistics infrastructure. Facilities of Ozon — the country's second-largest online marketplace — and of its main competitor Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, had previously been hit. According to the outlet, Kyiv claimed that Wildberries had been supplying components for the Russian military; the company itself did not comment on this in the cited report.