The Ozon online store has temporarily stopped processing orders from residents of Crimea due to disruptions in transport links with the peninsula. This was announced on Monday, October 10, by representatives of the company.
“Due to the incident on the bridge, the delivery of orders from our platform for buyers in Crimea is delayed, and it is also temporarily impossible to make new orders,” the press service said in a statement.
It is noted that third-party logistics companies are responsible for the transportation of goods to the region. Orders arrive at pickup points of independent agents who also cooperate with other online platforms.
Employees of other large retailers – Yandex Market, Wildberries and Sbermegamarket – have not yet commented on the current situation.
The logistics company PEK also suspended freight traffic with the peninsula, according to preliminary data, for six days. At the same time, branches in the Crimea continue to work as usual. Similarly, the express delivery operator CDEK announced a temporary suspension of deliveries to and from the region.
On October 8, a truck was blown up on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge from the side of the Taman Peninsula. It caused the fire of seven fuel tanks of the railway train. According to preliminary data from the Investigative Committee of Russia, three people died as a result of the explosion.
Shortly thereafter, the Kerch ferry crossing was organized. As of 14:00 Moscow time on Sunday, more than 100 Gazelle vehicles and over 600 passengers were transported through it. It is expected that 250 heavy trucks will be sent from Crimea within two days.
On Saturday, Izvestia correspondent Veronika Kotkova said that two ferries in the Kerch port, Kerchsky-2 and Yeysk, are ready to carry light vehicles. According to her, large trucks will be transported by two other larger ferries, Lavrentiy and Maria, which can accommodate 30 long trucks.
As a result of the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on strengthening measures to protect the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, the electric power grid bridge and the main gas pipeline. At the same time, Khusnullin instructed to begin dismantling the collapsed section of the Crimean bridge.
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