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Russian online retailer Ozon warehouse in Orenburg region hit in drone attack, governor says

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Aug 23 (Reuters) - ‌The governor of Russia's Orenburg ​region said on Sunday that two industrial facilities ⁠were hit by drone debris, including a warehouse owned by Ozon, a major Russian ​online retailer.

Governor Yevgeny Solntsev said that the ‌Russian defence ministry had repelled six drones over the region, adding that no one had ⁠been injured. He did not ⁠name the second damaged facility.

Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, said in a statement on Telegram that the company had evacuated ‌more than 300 people and that work ⁠at its Orenburg region logistics ‌centre had been halted.

On ​Saturday, Ukrainian drones hit an Ozon logistics centre in Russia's Samara region in ‌a strike which was the ​first on Ozon. ⁠The strike follows weeks of drone ‌attacks targeting its ⁠larger rival Wildberries, which Ukraine has cast as part of a wider campaign against ​economic infrastructure underpinning ‌the Russian war in Ukraine.

Russia's defence ministry ⁠said it downed 328 ​Ukrainian drones overnight.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing ​by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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