On the night of August 24, 2026, a massive drone attack was recorded in southern Russia, resulting in damage to, according to OSINT monitoring, two major logistics centers of the Ozon marketplace. According to monitoring Telegram channels Exilenova+ and ASTRA, cited by RBC-Ukraine, the targets of the strikes were warehouse complexes near the settlement of Enem in Adygea and the regional fulfillment center in Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Krai. Both facilities are among the company's key logistics hubs in the southern region and handle the receipt, sorting, storage, and distribution of orders for millions of users.
Strike on Adygea: Key Sorting Hub in the Crosshairs
According to OSINT analysts, one of the priority targets of the night attack was the Ozon logistics center near the settlement of Enem in the Republic of Adygea. The complex covers an area of approximately 91,200 square meters, and its location is roughly 390 kilometers from the state border with Ukraine. It is at facilities like these that the company concentrates its main capacity for receiving and processing goods flows: this is where the stages of receipt, sorting, storage, and final order assembly take place before shipment to end customers. A hit on such a hub can paralyze the logistics chain across the entire macroregion for several days.
Nevinnomyssk: Governor Confirms Air Defense Activity
The second confirmed target of the attack was the Ozon regional fulfillment center in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai, located on Priozerная Street. According to ASTRA, the warehouse covers an area of 93,514 square meters; it is intended for the storage and sorting of both food and non-food goods, as well as for assembling customer orders. The Governor of Stavropol Krai publicly confirmed that air defense forces repelled a drone attack directed at the city's industrial zone and reported that several drones were shot down. Thus, unlike the incident in Adygea, where the data is based primarily on OSINT monitoring, there is official confirmation at the regional authority level for Nevinnomyssk.
Krasnodar and Saint Petersburg: The Broader Context of the Night Strikes
The night attack of August 24 was not limited to Ozon facilities. Residents of Krasnodar reported numerous drone launches toward the city; as a result of a massive raid, a fire broke out at one of the warehouses in Krasnodar. In parallel, the day before — on August 23 — a major fire also occurred on the territory of the Izhorsky industrial site in the Kolpinsky district of Saint Petersburg, where military enterprises are concentrated. The totality of these incidents indicates that strikes on infrastructure in the south and center of Russia in recent weeks have been systematic in nature, affecting not only civilian logistics but also facilities of the defense-industrial complex.
Contradictory Data
When comparing the versions of the parties and monitoring channels, several inconsistencies are noted. First, the original RBC-Ukraine text mentions that "earlier on the same day, another facility was probably attacked" — this wording creates uncertainty in the chronology: it is unclear whether this refers to events of the same night or to an earlier episode highlighted by monitoring channels as a separate hit on an Ozon facility. Second, the incident in Adygea is confirmed exclusively by OSINT analysts' data (Exilenova+, ASTRA) and is not supported, at the time of publication, by an official statement from the republic's authorities, whereas for Nevinnomyssk there is the governor's confirmation. Third, additional sources (business-magazine.online) mention a fire at an Ozon warehouse in Makhachkala after a UAV attack, however this episode does not appear in the main chronology of the night of August 24 and probably relates to a different period or incident, which requires additional verification. Finally, the source infox.ru reports the evacuation of Ozon warehouses in three cities due to the threat of an attack, however the specific names of the cities are not disclosed in the available data, which makes it impossible to unambiguously correlate this information with the confirmed strikes in Adygea and Nevinnomyssk.
Impact on the Logistics Network and Outlook
Damage to two warehouse complexes with a combined area of over 184,000 square meters in a single night represents a significant blow to Ozon's operational capacity in the southern macroregion. Even with partial preservation of the infrastructure, restoring sorting lines, redistributing goods stocks, and reconfiguring delivery routes usually take from several days to a week. For end users, this may manifest as order delays, a temporary unavailability of some items, and a redistribution of the load to neighboring fulfillment centers. In a situation where strikes on logistics infrastructure have become a regular element of night operations, the issue of the physical protection of warehouse complexes and the diversification of the logistics network comes to the forefront both for marketplace operators and for regional authorities responsible for emergency response regimes and air defense operations.
