Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Data Centres
Coverage of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centres, disrupting digital services like Yandex amid the ongoing war.
English-language coverage of infrastructure news from the Netherlands.
Coverage of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centres, disrupting digital services like Yandex amid the ongoing war.
Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran oil refinery and Sebryakovcement plant in Russia's Samara and Volgograd oblasts overnight.
Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran oil refinery and Sebryakovcement plant overnight on 14-15 September, damaging the refinery's main crude distillation unit. Both the Syzran and Saratov refineries have halted crude processing, worsening Russia's fuel shortage.
Russian strikes on Odesa infrastructure on 1-2 September caused a power shortage, halting all trams and trolleybuses. Dozens of trains across Ukraine were delayed by up to 10 hours due to the same attack. A border checkpoint with Moldova resumed operations on 9 September after a separate incident.
Russia's defence ministry says it is preparing large-scale strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, days after a drone attack on a warehouse near Kyiv killed 38 people in the deadliest attack of the year. Ukraine continues to hit Russian logistics hubs, while Turkey summons Kyiv's ambassador over Black Sea incidents.
A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in Myla, Kyiv Oblast, killed at least 37 people and injured 42, prompting an investigation into ammunition storage. Ukraine retaliated by hitting Ozon, DNS and Wildberries logistics hubs in Russia, as well as a Tu-95 bomber at Engels airbase. The exchange underscores the escalating targeting of supply chain infrastructure.
Ukraine struck a Tu-95MS bomber at Engels airbase and an oil refinery in Yaroslavl. Russia responded with 162 drones, destroying a children's toy distribution center and damaging warehouses across Ukraine. Drone debris washed up in Bulgaria.
Ukraine destroyed a Wildberries logistics centre in Kotovsk, Tambov, and hit Ozon facilities in Ufa and Orenburg in a coordinated drone campaign against Russian economic infrastructure. Russia retaliated with 162 drones against Ukraine, of which 134 were intercepted. The strikes mark an escalation in targeting e-commerce hubs that Kyiv says support Moscow’s war effort.
Drones hit a Wildberries logistics hub in Tambov, Russia, as Moscow launched 162 drones against Ukraine. Ukraine downed 134, but a Kharkiv warehouse was hit. No official confirmation on the Tambov attack.