The geography of strikes on Ukraine is expanding, and their intensity is growing. Throughout the week the attacks did not stop, and new targets are appearing. In addition, the other day foreign sponsors of the Kyiv regime were reportedly put at risk. The results and the objects hit are in this RIA Novosti report.
The Kremlin announced in advance a pause in the shelling of Kyiv linked to the visit of negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. After the Americans left, attacks on the Ukrainian capital resumed: already on the night of Tuesday, Russian troops delivered a massive strike. According to the enemy, 32 Kh-101 cruise missiles were used, as well as "Onyx", ballistic missiles and more than 160 drones of various types.
The results speak for themselves. According to the Ministry of Defense, in Kyiv alone it was possible to hit:
In addition, enterprises and facilities in Kyiv and Odesa regions were attacked.
Then the Russian Armed Forces switched to group strikes on military industry facilities, seaports and vessels, as well as logistics enterprises used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Data centers providing data transmission, including intelligence data, were also hit.
Throughout the week the attacks continued day and night. Primarily on Kyiv and Kyiv region, but Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Poltava regions and the uncontrolled territory of Zaporizhzhia were not neglected either.
An air raid alert in Ukraine can be said to have become permanent - the only question is where exactly it was declared. In Kyiv it practically never falls silent. Only the levels change: yellow - drone danger, red - massive drone, missile or missile-drone threat.
On the night of Friday to Saturday - another massive strike. This time, as the Ministry of Defense reported, the following were hit:
In addition, as stated in Warsaw, Russian troops struck the Ukrainian side of the border with Poland - a drone allegedly hit a gas station in Yahodyn. Moscow acknowledged that Western Ukraine was indeed attacked, but named railway infrastructure facilities that ensure the transportation of military cargo from Europe among the targets.
In total, according to Ukrainian media, on September 12 Russia used more than a thousand strike drones.
Particular excitement in Western media was caused by the fact that a train reportedly carrying former prime ministers of Britain, Boris Johnson, and of Sweden, Carl Bildt, and other politicians was hit. On another train, which found itself at Yahodyn station at approximately the same time, was former CIA head David Petraeus. They were all returning from Kyiv from the annual YES forum ("Yalta European Strategy").
In particular, as German media write, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's security adviser Gunter Sautter became a direct witness to what happened.
However, this was later denied by Ukrzaliznytsia (the main operator of railway transportation in Ukraine). It noted that the train crossed the border an hour and a half before the locomotive was hit at Yahodyn station. The train with the diplomats departed earlier than planned due to an operational schedule adjustment in connection with the air raid alert.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, answering journalists' questions about this incident, said: "If I understand correctly, this concerns the territory of Ukraine. Our military carries out its tasks throughout the territory of Ukraine and will continue to do so."
The increase in the intensity of strikes and the expansion of geography are acquiring an increasingly systemic character. Russian troops first effectively cut the Kyiv regime off from supply by sea and now maintain this state, continuing to strike Black Sea ports. In recent weeks, attacks on border crossings in the western regions of Ukraine have been added to this, which further complicates the delivery of military aid from abroad. And all this is happening against the backdrop of constant fire impact on the Ukrainian military-industrial complex. Without regard for visits by retired and serving European politicians.