A drone strike set fire to a logistics centre belonging to Russian online retailer Ozon in the town of Adygeysk, in Russia’s Adygea Republic, overnight from November 3 to 4, 2026, the company confirmed. All employees were evacuated and nobody was injured, Ozon said, while part of the building’s roof collapsed, according to Russian Telegram channels cited in coverage.
Adygea’s head, Murat Kumpilov, said on Telegram that there were so far no reports of injuries or fatalities, and that drone debris also damaged a gas pipeline and the windows of a private home in the settlement of Petrov. The gas leak has since been repaired, he said. Ozon said it would remove products stored at the site from its catalogue, cancel orders it could not fill from other sites, and redirect goods already in transit, while temporarily suspending the acceptance of goods from sellers at the damaged complex.
A campaign against retail logistics
Ukraine has intensified drone strikes on Russian logistics facilities in a campaign that began in July and has spread across several Russian regions, according to coverage of the strike. Since July, Ukrainian drones have targeted logistics centres of Wildberries, Russia’s largest e-commerce retailer, in multiple regions, and strikes have expanded to Ozon facilities since August. Kyiv has alleged that both retailers play a role in Russia’s military supply chain, while Moscow and the two companies maintain that the facilities are commercial. In its third-quarter 2026 financial report, Ozon put its losses from the attacks at 30.1 billion roubles, according to one report of the strike.
The overnight exchange was heavy on both sides. Russia’s defence ministry claimed its air defences downed 709 Ukrainian drones over 14 regions, as well as over the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and Crimea. Ukraine’s air force claimed it shot down 272 out of 310 drones launched by Russia overnight, with strikes recorded at 19 locations. Independent verification of the claims by both sides is difficult due to the ongoing war, as one report of the exchange noted.
Strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid
Russia, meanwhile, hit two power stations in Ukraine’s Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions, its defence ministry said on Telegram on Wednesday, keeping up nearly daily strikes on energy facilities amid falling temperatures, Reuters reported. The strikes also targeted a cargo vessel at sea near Odesa, and hit the regions of Poltava, Dnipro, Kirovohrad and Rivne in addition to Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s emergency service and local officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack was aimed primarily at critical infrastructure, including power generation facilities and substations across nine regions.
The exchange comes a week before US-brokered peace talks are set to resume in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, and as Zelensky travelled to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The Russian-installed management at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant also said two people were killed after a Ukrainian drone strike hit a civilian vehicle in motion, a claim that could not be independently verified.
