Ukraine Hits Ozon for First Time—and Russia’s Ninth Wildberries Hub Burns Too

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces carried out their first reported strike on a logistics facility operated by Russian marketplace giant Ozon. At the same time, another attack hit the ninth Wildberries hub targeted during the expanding campaign against Russia’s commercial supply network.

Videos published by residents of Zelenodolsk in Russia’s Tatarstan region showed the attack on the Ozon logistics site, according to OSINT community Exilenova+ on July 31.

Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, later confirmed the hit in his characteristically cryptic style.

Brovdi said Ukrainian units had also struck a Wildberries logistics center in Volgograd—the ninth facility belonging to Russia’s largest online marketplace reportedly hit in recent operations.

Ozon was founded in 1998 as an online retailer selling books and videotapes before evolving into one of Russia’s largest digital commerce groups. Its businesses now include rapid grocery delivery, international shopping, banking services, and travel reservations.

The company operates across Russia and several neighboring and regional markets, including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and China.

Ozon ranked third among Russian retailers by turnover in 2024. Its gross merchandise value reached 2.8 trillion rubles—approximately $36.4 billion.

That year, the marketplace delivered 1.4 billion orders to 56.5 million customers across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. More than 600,000 merchants sell goods through the platform.

The strike marks a widening of Ukraine’s campaign against Russian logistics. After repeated attacks on Wildberries facilities, Ozon has now become the second major Russian marketplace whose distribution infrastructure has come under fire.

Earlier, reports emerged that Russia’s largest online marketplace, Wildberries, began searching for warehouse space in Kazakhstan following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on its logistics centers across Russia.

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