{"id":32691,"date":"2026-08-24T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/32691\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:30:14","slug":"ukrainian-drone-strikes-target-russian-online-retailer-ozon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/32691\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drone strikes target Russian online retailer Ozon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke rises from a fire at a burning warehouses of the Russian Internet store Wildberries in Utkina Zavod in St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 24. In the night of July 24, On Monday, Ukraine targeted Russia&#8217;s second-largest online retailer Ozon with drone strikes, hitting four logistics facilities. File Photo by Stringer\/EPA<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 24 (UPI) &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Russia-Ukraine-War\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"War in Ukraine\" class=\"tpstyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> targeted Russia&#8217;s second-largest online retailer, Ozon, with drone strikes on four of its warehouses on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ozon says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cg598yvrzpro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">logistics facilities<\/a> in Krasnodar, Dagestan, Stavropol and Adygea were set ablaze by the strikes with several people reported injured. Ukraine had previously targeted Russia&#8217;s largest online retailer Wildberries with drone strikes, hitting 15 of its logistics hubs.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials said Wildberries was considered a legitimate target because it supplies the Russian military. Russia denies this claim.<\/p>\n<p>Ozon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/08\/24\/ukraine-launches-drone-strikes-on-russian-e-commerce-giant-ozon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">evacuated warehouses<\/a> in Adygeysk and Nevinnomyssk due to the threat of potential drone strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Debris from the drones hit nearby apartment buildings as well as a private childcare facility in Krasnodar. Two children have been killed and seven more were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s attacks on targets related to Russia&#8217;s economy have drawn a reaction from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said on Saturday that Ukraine opened &#8220;Pandora&#8217;s box.&#8221; He warned that Russia will target Ukraine&#8217;s &#8220;most sensitive economic sectors&#8221; in response.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched drone strikes on Ukrainian city Kryvyi Rih over the weekend. Kryvyi Rih is Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Volodymyr-Zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\" class=\"tpstyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>&#8216;s hometown.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine and Russia have denied targeting civilians in their attacks.\n<\/p>\n<p>With news of the strikes on Ozon, its shares fell by 20% in the Moscow Exchange early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787581814_626_Historic-August-moments-through-the-years_1_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"648\" height=\"431\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famed &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on August 28, 1963. The speech galvanized the nation&#8217;s civil rights movements and led to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act. 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