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Russian forces have hit warehouses, a Coca-Cola plant, and railway stations across Ukraine over three weeks, disrupting retail supply chains and train schedules. While casualties remain low due to sheltering, the campaign appears aimed at crippling Ukraine's civilian logistics.
All three of Lukoil's major Russian refineries are offline after Ukrainian drone strikes in July–August 2026. New attacks hit a Caspian port in Dagestan and refineries in Tatarstan in September, widening the pressure on Russia's fuel production and exports.
Russia has intensified drone attacks on Kyiv since late August, hitting logistics hubs, a university, and petrol stations. Air defence intercepts many, but debris and direct hits have killed one, injured at least nine, and damaged civilian infrastructure across multiple districts.
Russian forces struck Zaporizhstal steelworks again on 27 August, days after killing seven workers. The Khortytsia vodka factory was destroyed, and a residential area hit the next day. Ukraine's steel output halved in August as industrial infrastructure suffers systematic damage.
Russian forces have struck a Coca-Cola plant and multiple retail warehouses in Kyiv Oblast, damaging AGROMAT, Varus, and ATB facilities. The attacks disrupt supply chains, causing delivery delays and shortages. No casualties reported, but the campaign targets civilian logistics behind the front lines.
Russian missile and drone attacks on Odesa Oblast on 1-2 September knocked out power for over 350,000 households; 173,000 remain without electricity. Strikes also injured three in Odesa city and damaged a logistics terminal and petrol station.
Russian forces attacked Kyiv with jet-powered UAVs on 1 September, causing fires in three districts. The strike follows a week of intensifying drone attacks targeting logistics hubs and civilian areas, killing one and damaging warehouses.
On 28 August, a Russian missile strike on a munitions depot in Myla, Kyiv Oblast, killed 38 and injured 52, including 5 children. The attack, the second such strike near Kyiv in two months, damaged 300 structures. Days later, Russian strikes caused power outages in five oblasts, compounding Ukraine's energy woes.
Russia launched large-scale missile and drone attacks on Odesa on 31 August and 27 August 2026, damaging infrastructure, a petrol station, an educational facility, and a high-rise residential building. No casualties were reported in either attack. The strikes follow a 24 August attack on home improvement stores that injured five.
Russian strikes between 29 and 31 August 2026 damaged warehouses of AGROMAT, Varus, and ATB in Kyiv Oblast and the capital. No staff were injured, but operations and supply chains are disrupted.
Russian forces struck the Zaporizhstal steelworks for the second time in three weeks on 27 August, hitting the same location where seven workers died. The same day, the Khortytsia vodka factory was destroyed. Across Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 923 strikes in one day killed two and injured three.
On 27 August, Russian forces struck the Zaporizhstal steelworks for the second time in two weeks, hitting the same location as a deadly 11 August attack. In the same city, a strike destroyed the Khortytsia vodka factory, damaging a KOLO warehouse. The attacks signal a deliberate campaign against industrial infrastructure.
Russia launched 140 drones at Kyiv on 27-28 August, destroying warehouses of Comfy, Aurora, and Nova Poshta. One person was killed and two injured. The strikes target civilian logistics infrastructure, with repeat attacks on emergency responders.
Russian drones struck Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast on 27 August, damaging a Comfy distribution centre and civilian property in two districts. No injuries were reported. Air defences were active throughout the morning.