Overview
- On August 22, Ukrainian drones struck Ozon’s Chapayevsk distribution center in Samara region, causing a fire and prompting the evacuation of more than 500 workers, with the company reporting several injured.
- Ukrainian military statements and eyewitness video also reported attacks that night on the Novokuibyshevsky oil refinery and fuel reservoirs at the Yeysk port, with fires at those energy sites.
- Regional officials and Ozon said follow-up or related drone incidents hit logistics hubs across the North Caucasus, triggering evacuations, temporary closures and local fires in Adygea, Dagestan, Stavropol and Krasnodar.
- Krasnodar authorities reported civilian casualties from the strikes in Yeysk, including the deaths of two children, while Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed it shot down hundreds of drones without independent verification of the totals.
- The Chapayevsk strike is part of a wider campaign that has targeted retail logistics hubs since mid-July to disrupt distribution networks, a tactic that could further slow consumer deliveries, hamper local economies and complicate military supply lines.