Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes on Logistics, Energy and Defence Sites

Russia and Ukraine exchanged a fresh round of long-range strikes overnight, with each side reporting damage to the other's military-linked infrastructure, according to statements issued on Monday.

The Russian Defence Ministry said its forces struck logistics and communications centres, port infrastructure and vessels during the overnight period. Among the targets listed were data processing centres at two large enterprises in Kyiv, which the ministry described as providing internet services and handling the storage of intelligence data for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the ministry, Russian forces also hit fuel infrastructure in Kyiv used by the Ukrainian military and facilities at the Vasylkiv military airfield in Kyiv Oblast. In the country's south, a large ship repair yard at the port of Izmail in the Odesa region was struck, along with a Ukrainian State Border Guard post at the yard. A logistics centre in the Odesa region, previously used to store Ukrainian military supplies, was also targeted.

Separately, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Ukraine must pay the price for attacking Russia.

On the Ukrainian side, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had struck two defence industry facilities in Russia's Tula and Voronezh regions, as well as oil facilities in Krasnodar Krai. He added that Ukrainian forces had hit targets in the Kaluga and Oryol regions that Russia uses to launch drone attacks on Ukraine, and had also targeted Russian troops in the Bryansk region.

Zelensky further said Russian forces had launched a wave of aerial attacks across Ukraine in the early hours of Monday, causing casualties and infrastructure damage, including to a high-rise residential building in the Kharkiv region.