Drone strike sets Ozon warehouse ablaze in Omsk

A Ukrainian drone hit an Ozon logistics centre in Omsk on Saturday and a fire broke out, the company said, with all workers evacuated and, on its preliminary account, no one injured, in a strike on a Siberian city more than 2,000 kilometres from Ukraine.

Why it matters: Omsk is among the deepest points inside Russia reached in this phase of the drone campaign, and Ukrainian channels say a synthetic rubber plant in the same industrial district is also burning, a claim Russian officials have not confirmed.

Data as of Corrected October 24, 2026: an earlier version of this item carried a fire area, an injured man and vehicle damage figures that the cited reports do not contain; they have been removed. Interfax, RIA Novosti and TASS reports of October 24, 2026, in Russian, read in full, reporting Omsk regional governor Vitaliy Khotsenko and a statement by Ozon; NV report of October 24, 2026, in Russian, read in full, reporting the Ukrainian OSINT project Exilenova+. All sources read are outlets of a party to the war or report one side's channels, and no independent confirmation had appeared in the reporting read. Developing item.

A drone hit a logistics centre in Omsk on Saturday and the staff were promptly evacuated, regional governor Vitaliy Khotsenko said, as air defence forces continued to repel an attack in which drones reached the city’s northern industrial hub and emergency services worked at the site. Ozon confirmed the centre was its own: the company said a fire broke out, all employees were evacuated, and on its preliminary account no one was injured. Ozon said goods stored at the centre would be hidden from its storefront, some orders would be cancelled or delivered from other facilities, and the centre would take in no new seller deliveries.

Ukrainian reporting, drawing on the OSINT project Exilenova+, said the Omsky Kauchuk synthetic rubber plant in the same district was also hit and a large fire covered its industrial zone, with a photograph showing flames and a column of smoke. The governor’s statements do not name the plant, and Russian officials have not confirmed a fire there.

Drone strike sets Ozon warehouse ablaze in Omsk

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