Russian e-retailer Ozon says Ukrainian drone alert forced it to evacuate a warehouse in Tatarstan

Ozon, Russia's second-largest e-commerce company, was forced to evacuate a warehouse in Tatarstan due to a Ukrainian drone alert, but operations have since resumed with no casualties or damage.

Russian e-retailer Ozon says Ukrainian drone alert forced it to evacuate a warehouse in Tatarstan
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​Russia's second-largest e-commerce ​company, Ozon, ‌said on ​Friday that it had been forced ‌to evacuate one of its warehouses in the Tatarstan region due ‌to a Ukrainian drone alert.

The ‌evacuation took just a few minutes and there were no casualties. ⁠The ​logistics ⁠centre was undamaged and has since resumed ⁠operations, the company said.

Ukraine has ​attacked at least a dozen ⁠warehouses belonging to Ozon's main rival, Wildberries, ⁠since ​July 18 in a bid to disrupt the operations ⁠of the company, which is ⁠a ⁠linchpin in Russia's consumer economy.

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