Drone strike sets fire to Ozon warehouse in Russia's Adygea, no injuries reported

The strike in Adygeysk

Drones hit an Ozon logistics centre in Adygeysk, in Russia's Adygea republic, overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, 3 to 4 November. The strike set a fire inside the building, and Russian Telegram channels reported that part of its roof had collapsed. Ozon said all employees had been evacuated and that nobody had been hurt. Adygea's head, Murat Kumpilov, said no reports of casualties had reached him, and emergency services were working to put out the blaze. According to the company, the site is one of its largest distribution hubs in southern Russia, covering about 10,000 square metres by various estimates and able to accommodate more than 1,500 workers.

Ozon's response and the wider campaign

Ozon's press office said it would remove stored products from its catalogue, cancel orders it could not fill from other sites, and redirect goods already in transit. The company said the following:

“Customers can place orders as usual, and we will pick them up at other logistics centres and deliver them to customers.”

Ozon is the second-largest e-commerce platform in Russia after Wildberries, and it is often compared to Amazon, earning it the nickname "Russian Amazon". Ukraine has been striking logistics sites of both companies for weeks, and Kyiv says Ozon supplies components to the Russian military. Earlier Ozon sites were damaged in Samara and several in Makhachkala, in southern Russia. In its third-quarter 2026 financial report, the company put its losses from the attacks at 30.1 billion roubles, about 1.45 billion zloty.

Air defence claims and the target choice

Russia's defence ministry said it neutralised 709 drones overnight over several regions, including Adygea. Warehouses are usually easier targets than heavily protected military facilities, which helps explain why logistics hubs have been hit repeatedly. Ukraine's strikes on Ozon and Wildberries sites have been running for weeks, with some centres damaged and others destroyed.

Diplomacy and the Zaporizhzhia attack

Donald Trump told the Financial Times he was optimistic that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia were making progress, saying he believed both sides had reached the point of wanting a deal. Direct talks between Ukraine and Russia, mediated by the United States, are scheduled in the United Arab Emirates on 10 and 11 November, the first such direct talks in a long time. On Tuesday, 3 November, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin, and both insisted that Europeans must take part in talks to end the war. Separately, Zelensky said on Tuesday he feared more than 50 people were still under rubble after a Russian attack during a humanitarian aid distribution in the Zaporizhzhia region, and that the bombardment had killed at least 33 people.

What comes next

Ozon said customers can keep ordering, with fulfilment moved to other centres. Firefighting and damage assessment at Adygeysk were still under way when the reports were published, and no reopening date was given. The next diplomatic test is the scheduled round of talks on 10 and 11 November in the United Arab Emirates. Merz and Zelensky both pressed for a European role in those negotiations.