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On September 25–26, Russian forces struck Ukraine’s port, transport, and telecommunications infrastructure, including the DataGroup and Cosmonova data centers in Kyiv, the Epicentr and Nova Poshta logistics centers in Odesa, a port facility in Vylkove, and a road bridge in Maiaky. According to Ukrainian officials, 335 drones were used against targets across Ukraine over 24 hours, more than 126 of them jet-powered. Overnight, Russia said it shot down 645 Ukrainian drones over 14 Russian regions. Fires broke out at the Ilsky and Afipsky refineries in Krasnodar Krai, and the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant was attacked.
Kyiv region
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Cosmonova data center that supported mobile internet operations and Starlink satellite communications systems used by the Ukrainian armed forces was hit. Kolo.TV, an internet provider, said its equipment in Kyiv had been hit for the third time.
A day earlier, on September 25, a DataGroup data center was struck. It handled the processing and transmission of intelligence data for the Ukrainian armed forces. The Datagroup Kyiv facility hosts the networks of DATAGROUP, Volia, Cloudflare, Discovery, and TOP NET, and is also a DTEL-IX exchange point. It was the second strike on the same facility in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district. The site was already undergoing repairs after the initial damage.
A HAVI Logistics center in Trebukhiv was reportedly struck. The facility was used by Ukrainian Defense Ministry units and other security agencies to store dual-use goods. HAVI is an international warehousing and transportation company that serves McDonald’s supply chain.
In Boryspil, a production and warehouse facility of Fire Point LLC was hit. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Honeywell TFE731 engines believed to be intended for Flamingo long-range cruise missiles were stored there. Monitoring channels said the site was used as an assembly and logistics hub and noted the regular arrival of heavy trucks.
Separately, a strike hit a production and warehouse building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, on the grounds of the former Bolshevik plant.
Odesa region
In Odesa, strikes hit the Epicentr and Nova Poshta logistics centers, which were reportedly used to store and distribute military-related goods, as well as a warehouse facility operated by Escaro Industry LLC.
In addition, a dry cargo ship delivering military-related cargo was hit in the Black Sea. A day earlier, a similar dry cargo ship was hit while en route to the port of Odesa.
Also hit were a port facility in Vylkove, which the Russian Defense Ministry said was used to bring weapons and ammunition from European countries into Ukraine, and a road bridge in Maiaky, used to transport military cargo.
In total, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, from September 19 to 25, Russian forces struck seven industrial enterprises, 23 logistics centers, seven warehouses with military equipment, as well as 18 vessels — including 15 dry cargo ships and three tankers — reportedly involved in delivering Western weapons and fuel to Ukraine.
In Kyiv region, four logistics centers and four industrial enterprises were struck. Digital infrastructure was another area of reported strikes: the United DC and Newtelco data centers, Kyivstar and Parkovyi communication centers, as well as the Cosmonova data center were hit. In addition, warehouses and workshops for UAV production and a warehouse for fuel and lubricants operated by Grand Terminal LLC were destroyed.
In Odesa region, 16 logistics centers and a warehouse of UAV components were hit over the week. The maritime targets included 11 dry cargo ships and two tankers. Strikes were carried out on port infrastructure facilities in Izmail and Reni, as well as on a port facility in Vylkove. Among the ground targets were a road bridge in Maiaky and a pontoon crossing over the Dniester River.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, three Sirius Extrusion logistics centers, the Interpipe Steel steelmaking complex and the Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, as well as an enterprise producing solid rocket fuel and gunpowder, were hit.
Ukrainian strikes on Russia
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian air defenses shot down 645 Ukrainian UAVs overnight over 14 Russian regions. Krasnodar Krai bore the brunt of the attack. The regional governor confirmed the raid, saying that many of the drones had approached from the sea. The Ilsky refinery and the Afipsky refinery were hit. According to monitoring channels, Ukrainian forces are expending accumulated stockpiles for the second day in a row, concentrating on the Black Sea zone, where a British reconnaissance aircraft had conducted a reconnaissance flight the previous day.
The governor of Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, reported an attack on the city of Azov. Ukrainian channels, citing local chat groups, reported that the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant in Azov had been attacked.
Thus, the pattern of strikes on September 25–26 points to a sustained trend: Russian forces are steadily intensifying pressure on Ukraine’s port logistics, maritime shipping and digital infrastructure. Repeated strikes on several targets — including the DATAGROUP and Cosmonova data centers and logistics hubs in Odesa — suggest an effort to disrupt the restoration of previously damaged facilities. Ukraine responded with large-scale UAV attacks, shifting the focus to oil refineries and defense-industry facilities in southern Russia. With weather in the Black Sea region becoming more stable, both campaigns could continue.