Russia says it struck military infrastructure, vessels in Ukraine

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Russia’s defence ministry reported conducting drone strikes overnight and later in the day against Ukrainian military infrastructure including logistics centers, ports, communication hubs, and vessels. Specific targets included a data center in Kyiv, logistic hubs in Odesa and Kyiv regions, naval base headquarters, storage facilities for drones, military stores at Kiliya port, and cargo ships carrying military goods to Odesa. The ministry later claimed additional strikes hit two more data centers in Kyiv and another logistic hub in Odesa. Reuters noted it could not independently confirm these claims.
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On September 27, Russia attacked the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile service provider, according to the company. The Russian defense ministry also claimed it hit a data center belonging to Vodafone Ukraine, the second-largest cell network provider. Kyivstar reported no casualties at its head office in Kyiv, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that Russia had struck a data center in Kyiv twice on Sunday morning, injuring two children and an adult. Over the past week, Russian strikes have caused internet service outages for about 100,000 households in Kyiv and surrounding areas, according to Ukraine's digital ministry. The Ukrainian foreign minister emphasized that disrupting major data centers aims to hinder information flow, highlighting the importance of rapid alerts for saving lives during missile and drone threats.

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The Straits Times. (2026, September 27). Russia says it struck military infrastructure, vessels in Ukraine. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-struck-military-infrastructure-vessels-in-ukraine

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Kyiv MOSCOW Odesa Reuters Ukraine

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Odesa GPE · 4× Kyiv GPE · 3× MOSCOW GPE · 2× Reuters ORG · 2× Ukraine GPE · 2× Mykolaiv GPE · 1× Russia GPE · 1× Russian NORP · 1× Ukrainian NORP · 1× the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine ORG · 1×

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The ministry said the strikes hit a data centre in Kyiv, logistic hubs in the Kyiv and Odesa regions, two drone storages in Mykolaiv, the headquarters of a naval base as well as of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and military stores in Kiliya port.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-27
🔮 Reuters could not independently verify the claims.
2026-09-27 · The Straits Times
Russia says it struck military infrastructure, vessels in Ukraine · assertive framing

Claims (7 extracted, 1 hedged)

Russia says it struck military infrastructure, vessels in Ukraine MOSCOW, Sept 27 - asserted
it → say → Ukraine
The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had carried out overnight drone strikes on logistics centres, port and transport infrastructure, as well as communications centres and vessels that Moscow said were linked to the Ukrainian military. asserted
Moscow → say → military
The ministry said the strikes hit a data centre in Kyiv, logistic hubs in the Kyiv and Odesa regions, two drone storages in Mykolaiv, the headquarters of a naval base as well as of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and military stores in Kiliya port. asserted
strikes → say → port
A cargo ship carrying military and dual-use goods to the port of Odesa was also struck, it said. asserted
it → carry → Odesa
The ministry said later on Sunday that it had carried out another series of strikes during the day hitting two data centres in Kyiv, a logistic hub in Odesa, as well as another cargo vessel headed for Odesa. asserted
it → say → Odesa
Reuters could not independently verify the claims. uncertain
Reuters → verify → claims
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile service provider, told local media on Sunday its head office had been struck but there were no casualties. asserted
office → tell → Sunday
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