The Russian e-commerce giant Ozon announced overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday that one of its warehouses caught fire in southwestern Russia, due to a Ukrainian drone attack.
“Our logistics center in Antigeysk was hit by a drone attack,” the Ozon Group reported via Telegram, adding that a fire broke out but noting that none of its staff were injured.
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The company said it would withdraw goods that were stored at this center, located in the Krasnodar region, and cancel some pending orders.
The Ozon Group, considered the second-largest e-commerce company in Russia, has been the target of repeated raids by Ukrainian armed forces in recent months. Kyiv accuses the company of supplying the Russian military.
Previous raids had already caused damage to an Ozon warehouse in Samara and others in Makhachkala, in the south. Attacks on warehouses belonging to Russian e-commerce companies have caused billions of dollars in damage.
In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern on Tuesday that more than fifty people are trapped in the rubble following Russian bombings of a humanitarian aid distribution centerhumanitarian aid distribution center, where authorities in Zaporizhzhia (southeast) have already counted at least 33 dead.
Negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, mediated by Washington, are expected to take place in the UAE on Tuesday, November 10, and Wednesday, November 11.
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Source: CNA
