In Dagestan, according to Ukrainian and Russian media reports, unmanned aerial vehicles struck a major logistics complex of the Ozon marketplace, located in the 'Tyube' industrial park. By available estimates, the facility covers approximately 130,000 square meters, making it one of the company's largest warehouse structures in the North Caucasus. Following the hit, a large-scale fire broke out on the complex's grounds, and according to local media, several people were injured in the attack. The incident is part of a series of strikes on Ozon's warehouse infrastructure, which, reportedly, has continued for three days in a row.
Strike on a key node in the North Caucasus
The complex in 'Tyube' played an important role in Ozon's regional logistics: significant volumes of goods and orders were processed there, and the facility was considered one of the company's supporting nodes in the North Caucasus. After the warehouse was hit, a major fire broke out on its grounds, which was recorded by both monitoring channels and regional media. According to several sources, several people were injured as a result of the UAV attack, although the exact number and nature of the damage were not officially specified at the time of preparing this material.
Strategic significance of the hub for the 'North–South' corridor
In addition to domestic Russian logistics, the Dagestani complex also had significance for international deliveries. It was viewed as a regional hub for developing routes toward Azerbaijan and Iran within the framework of the international 'North–South' transport corridor. This is precisely what gave the facility a strategic character: its destruction affects not only the marketplace's internal supply chain but also potential transit flows through the Caucasus.
Wave of attacks: three days in a row
The Dagestani incident was not isolated. According to reports, on the night of August 24, drones attacked two Ozon logistics centers at once — in Adygea and the Stavropol Krai, whose combined area reaches nearly 185,000 square meters. That same night, a massive drone raid caused a fire at a warehouse in Krasnodar, and the day before, on August 23, a large industrial zone in Saint Petersburg caught fire, where military enterprises are located. Thus, strikes on warehouse and industrial infrastructure span several regions and have lasted for several days.
Contradictory data
The provided sources contain inconsistencies in chronology and in the number of struck facilities. The original briefing characterizes the Dagestani strike as the 'third attack on the company's warehouse facilities in just 24 hours,' while a number of media outlets indicate that the raids have continued 'for three days in a row,' including the events of August 23 in Saint Petersburg. The count of Ozon warehouses also differs: the text explicitly names three company facilities (Dagestan, Adygea, Stavropol Krai), while some media outlets speak of four struck warehouses, presumably including the facility in Krasnodar. The precise attribution of each fire to a specific marketplace and the final list of affected facilities require additional verification at the time of publication.
Hidden warehouse addresses
Particular attention is warranted for a detail that became known on the eve of the first attacks: Ozon removed the addresses of its Russian warehouses from public directories. According to available data, this happened no less than 20 days before the first strikes, while the addresses of the company's overseas logistics centers remained freely accessible. The temporal coincidence of this measure and the start of the series of attacks on Russian facilities strengthens the assumption that the marketplace's warehouse infrastructure became a deliberate target.
At the time of preparing this material, official comments from Ozon itself and from Russian authorities on the circumstances of the Dagestani incident were not provided in the sources. The dynamics of the fires, the final losses, and the status of the facilities will be clarified as confirmed data becomes available.
