Published: 11:30, September 14, 2026
Russian forces hit drone plants, logistics centers, power facilities in Ukraine
By Xinhua

Firefighters put out a fire at warehouse stores after a Russian air attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Sept 13, 2026. (PHOTO/AP)

MOSCOW/KYIV – Russian forces continued strikes on railway infrastructure in western Ukraine and logistics centers storing supplies for the Ukrainian forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"Strikes on railway infrastructure facilities in western regions of Ukraine used to transport military cargo from European countries continued," the ministry said in a statement.

During the day, the Russian forces carried out group strikes on industrial enterprises involved in drone production, logistics centers and warehouse terminals handling military cargo for the Ukrainian forces, and energy facilities supporting the operation of Ukrainian ports and logistics infrastructure in the Odessa region.

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A workshop producing drones and their components, and a warehouse holding missile and artillery weapons and ammunition belonging to the Ukrainian forces were also hit, the ministry noted.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Nova Poshta logistics center, which stored and distributed cargo for the Ukrainian armed forces, was hit, as well as the Novaya and Usatovo power substations supporting port infrastructure operations in the Odessa and Nikolayev regions.

Ukraine says Russia struck passenger train 2 km from Polish border

Meanwhile, Russia attacked a locomotive of a passenger train about two kilometers from the Polish border in Ukraine's northwestern Volyn region, Ukrainian state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said Sunday.

No one was injured in the attack, as monitors had warned the train crew of the threat in advance, Ukrzaliznytsia said in a statement.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Ukrzaliznytsia Railway Company Press Office, a locomotive damaged in a Russian drone attack is seen at Yahodyn railway station near Ukraine's border with Poland, Ukraine, Sept 13, 2026. (PHOTO/UKRAINIAN UKRZALIZNYTSIA RAILWAY COMPANY PRESS OFFICE VIA AP)

According to the Kyiv Post, the attack targeted a train linking Ukrainian and Polish capitals.

Valentyna Chernysh, a spokesperson for the Volyn customs office, said that a petrol station near the Yahodyn border crossing with Poland was damaged in the morning attack, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported.

In a separate statement, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for new sanctions against Russia in response to the strikes.

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Poland's PKP Intercity rail service confirmed the strike, saying that the train was traveling from Kyiv to Warsaw with 206 passengers on board.

Russia has not responded to the reports so far.