During the night of August 24, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck three major Ozon logistics hubs at once: in Enem, Nevinnomyssk, and Tyube. Fire Point co-owner and chief designer Denys Shtilerman confirmed the use of the company’s weapons. This is already the third consecutive day of strikes on the infrastructure of the Russian marketplace, UNN reports.
In Enem, Adygea, a logistics center covering approximately 91,200 square meters was attacked. The facility handles the reception, sorting, storage, and further distribution of goods in the south of the Russian Federation.
In Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai, a hub covering approximately 93,500 square meters was struck. It is used for storing, sorting, assembling, and shipping Ozon orders.
The largest of the three facilities is located in Tyube, Dagestan. The total area of the logistics complex is approximately 130,000 square meters. It is one of Ozon’s key hubs in the North Caucasus, developed, among other things, in connection with the international North–South Transport Corridor.
Thus, more than 314,000 square meters of the Russian marketplace’s logistics facilities came under attack in a single night.
The nighttime attack on August 24 is a continuation of a series of strikes on Ozon’s logistics infrastructure, which has already lasted for three consecutive days. On the morning of August 23, an FP-1 attack drone manufactured by Fire Point struck an Ozon logistics complex in Orenburg.
A day earlier, on August 22, FP-1 drones struck the company’s logistics hub in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast. It was one of Ozon’s largest centers in the Volga region: after all phases were launched, its area was expected to be approximately 135,000 square meters, its capacity more than 40 million goods, and its throughput over 215,000 orders per day.
Thus, while one large Ozon facility was hit on August 22 and 23, the attack on the night of August 24 already targeted three logistics hubs at once in different regions of Russia.
After Wildberries, it was Ozon’s turn
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine explained the logic behind the strikes on Russia’s logistics infrastructure. The ministry stressed that such hubs are used, among other things, to store dual-use goods, and that their systematic destruction complicates Russian logistics and creates additional pressure on the economy of the Russian Federation.
Before this, Ukraine had struck more than 15 of Wildberries’ largest logistics hubs. For Russia, each such strike means not only the loss or suspension of warehouse space. Russian companies have to restructure routes, redistribute cargo among other centers, and spend additional resources protecting rear logistics—the very logistics that, until recently, Russia considered beyond the reach of Ukrainian weapons.