At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in overnight Ukrainian drone strikes across Russia and Russian-occupied regions, including attacks on civilian and commercial targets.
In the Samara region, an elderly woman was killed in Novokuibyshevsk, while industrial facilities including an oil refinery were damaged, triggering a fire. Chapayevsk’s logistics center for Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online retailer, was struck, disrupting operations. Three people, including two children, died in Yeysk after a fire spread at an unidentified facility on the Sea of Azov. The Belgorod region reported two fatalities and 13 injuries, while Bryansk recorded four injuries. In Crimea, a drone hit a city bus in Sevastopol, killing at least two and injuring 10. Two civilians, including a 16-year-old, were killed and nine others injured in the Luhansk region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted 457 Ukrainian drones overnight. The strikes followed a prior attack on Friday, when multiple Russian drones killed at least 16 people and injured more than 130 in a shopping center in central Ukraine.
Ozon’s logistics disruption comes as the company’s shares fell 3.02% to 2,889.00 Russian rubles at 05:54:51, down 90.00 rubles from the previous close. The company, which competes directly with Wildberries, remains a key player in Russia’s e-commerce sector despite ongoing conflict.
Regional officials confirmed the attacks. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, governor of the Samara region, reported damage to industrial and logistics infrastructure. Veniamin Kondratyev, governor of Krasnodar, confirmed the fire in Yeysk. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Moscow-backed governor of Sevastopol, said the city bus strike killed two and injured 10. Leonid Pasechnik, governor of the Luhansk region, confirmed the casualties there.
The escalation follows remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who described Ukraine’s drone attacks as opening a “pandora’s box” of potential Russian retaliation. The conflict, now in its fourth and a half year, has increasingly involved cross-border strikes targeting both military and civilian infrastructure.
