Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes

Warehouses belonging to Russia's second-largest online retailer have been hit by a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes.

Ozon said its logistics facilities in the southern regions of Krasnodar, Dagestan, Stavropol and Adygea were on fire and several people had been injured following overnight strikes.

Ukraine has for weeks struck sites belonging to Wildberries, the country's biggest online retailer, describing the firm as a legitimate target because it supplied components to the military, which Moscow denies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Ukraine had opened "Pandora's box" by striking economic targets and that Russia would hit back at Kyiv's "most sensitive economic sectors".

Russia has targeted Ukraine's civilian infrastructure since launching its full-scale invasion in 2022, and recent Russian attacks have hit Ukrainian warehouses and cargo terminals.

Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians.

Ozon said "a fire broke out" at a logistics centre in Makhachkala, in the southern region of Dagestan, following a drone attack at around 05:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Monday.

The company said earlier that a "major fire" was burning at one of its logistics centres in the city of Krasnodar, 700km (435 miles) to the east of the Dagestan site.