Ukraine Drone Strike Hits Omsk Chemical Plant and Ozon Warehouse 2,500km From the Border

Ukrainian long-range drones struck two targets in the Siberian city of Omsk on October 24, flying more than 2,500 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian monitoring channels and local Russian officials reported. The targets were the Omsky Kauchuk petrochemical plant and a logistics warehouse belonging to Ozon, Russia's major online retailer.
The plant is one of Russia's largest petrochemical facilities, producing synthetic rubber and other chemicals, and Ukrainian monitors say it feeds the supply chain for rocket fuel used in Iskander ballistic missiles. The Omsk region's governor, Vitaliy Khotsenko, confirmed that a logistics hub in the city was attacked by a drone, saying personnel were evacuated and emergency services were working at the scene. The reports could not be independently verified.
Ukraine's General Staff said its forces also struck a petrochemical plant in Tolyatti and an aircraft at the Yeysk airfield on the same day, while a Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region killed three people and injured at least eight others, including an 11-year-old girl. Omsk, home to a major oil refinery, was also hit on October 8, and the latest strikes show how far Ukraine's drone campaign now reaches into Russia's industrial heartland.
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