The Straits Times
AsiaPac · 3 hrs ago
After Wildberries, Ukraine launches drone campaign on Russia’s Ozon
MOSCOW - Ukraine has struck warehouses belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Ozon on consecutive days, with the firm reporting another logistics site set aflame on Aug 24.Ukraine has for weeks mounted a campaign targeting Russia’s Wildberries – the country’s top online retailer – alleging it supplied components to the military.Ozon is Russia’s second-largest online marketplace, with its pick-up points and delivery boxes ubiquitous across the country.Both companies have been dubbed “Russia’s Amazon”, due to their control over a huge swath of the fast-growing e-commerce sector.Ozon said on Aug 24 that a “major fire” was burning at one of its logistics centres in the southern Krasnodar region after a drone attack.“All systems operated as designed, and we promptly evacuated staff. Preliminaril
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