Russian Defense Ministry: Strikes Hit Data Center in Kiev and Energy Facilities
By LauraAboli
The Russian Defense Ministry said that overnight on September 30, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a large-scale strike using ground-based high-precision weapons and attack UAVs against a communications hub in Kiev, energy infrastructure in the Kiev region supporting military production, and port facilities in Izmail.
According to the ministry, the following sites were hit:
• In Kiev: the “De Novo” data processing center, described as one of the main internet traffic exchange points used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces;
• In the Kiev region: the Kievska electrical substation (Nalivaivka), Kiev hydroelectric plant (Vyshhorod), Trypilska thermal power station, and an energy storage battery park in Horenichi, all allegedly supplying power to military-industrial facilities;
• In the Odesa region: an industrial complex in the port of Izmail, said to have been used for receiving, storing and transporting military cargo and fuel for the Ukrainian military.
The ministry also claimed that a dry cargo ship carrying military and dual-use goods to the port of Odesa was hit while transiting the northwestern Black Sea.
