Ukrainian drone strikes kill at least 10 across Russia, hit Ozon warehouse

A massive wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on August 22, 2026, killed at least 10 people across Russia and occupied territories, hitting the Novokuibyshevskyi oil refinery and a logistics center owned by Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer. The strike on Ozon in Chapayevsk marks Kyiv's first attack on the company, following previous strikes on rival Wildberries. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine has opened a 'Pandora's box' and vowed retaliatory strikes against sensitive Ukrainian economic sectors.

Ukrainian drone strikes

• ▪Ukrainian units destroyed drone-control relay stations in Russia's western Bryansk Oblast during the overnight operations on August 22, 2026.
• ▪Ukrainian forces destroyed one Su-24M aircraft and four pieces of airfield equipment at the Saky airbase in Russian-occupied Crimea during the August 22, 2026 attacks, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• ▪Ukrainian drones launched a wave of overnight strikes across Russia and Russian-occupied territories on August 22, 2026, targeting logistics, energy, and military infrastructure.
• ▪Russia's Defense Ministry stated that its air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 457 Ukrainian drones between the night of August 21 and the morning of August 22, 2026.

Ozon warehouse attack

• ▪The Ukrainian Defense Ministry characterized the strike on Ozon as its first blow against the retailer's logistics hubs, following 15 previous strikes on hubs belonging to Ozon's larger rival, Wildberries.
• ▪A Ukrainian drone strike on August 22, 2026, hit a logistics center in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast, owned by Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, marking the first strike on an Ozon facility.
• ▪Ozon suspended operations at its Chapayevsk logistics center and evacuated more than 500 employees within minutes after the drone strike caused a fire and injured several workers on August 22, 2026.

Russian casualty toll

• ▪In the western Belgorod region, Ukrainian attacks on August 22, 2026, killed two people and wounded 13 others, according to the local governor.
• ▪In Russia's southern Krasnodar region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported that three people, including two children, were killed and one adult was wounded in a strike on the port town of Yeysk on August 22, 2026.
• ▪Ukrainian drone strikes on August 22, 2026, killed at least 10 people across several Russian regions and Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
• ▪In Sevastopol, Crimea, Moscow-backed Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev stated that a Ukrainian drone strike on a city bus on August 22, 2026, killed at least two people and injured 10 others.
• ▪In the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, Moscow-installed officials reported that two civilians, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed and nine others were wounded on August 22, 2026.

Putin retaliation warning

• ▪Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on August 22, 2026, that Ukraine's strikes on Russian economic infrastructure had opened a 'Pandora's box' and would trigger retaliatory strikes against Ukraine's most sensitive economic sectors.
• ▪Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on August 22, 2026, that Moscow remains open to peace talks with Ukraine, but only on the basis of 'realities on the ground,' rejecting alternative proposals sent through intermediaries.

Economic infrastructure targeting

• ▪The Ukrainian Defense Ministry stated that systematic strikes on storage centers for dual-use goods and oil refineries aim to disrupt Russia's military supply chains and weaken its wartime economy.
• ▪The strike on the Novokuibyshevskyi refinery, which has an annual capacity of 8.8 million metric tons, followed a confirmed Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Perm oil refinery on August 21, 2026.
• ▪Ukraine's military struck the Novokuibyshevskyi oil refinery in Samara Oblast on August 22, 2026, causing a fire at the facility, which produces fuel and lubricants used by the Russian military.

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