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Russian strikes hit Ukrainian transportation infrastructure, Moscow says

9/5/2026

Strikes against transportation infrastructure carry a specific read-through in any armed conflict: they prioritize the mechanism of supply over territorial position.

Russia's Ministry of Defense says it has conducted attacks against such facilities in Ukraine, a claim that depends entirely on Moscow's own account and leaves the operational consequences, for now, unverifiable.

The case for treating this as a deliberate phase in Russia's campaign is the underlying mechanism. Transportation infrastructure is how armies sustain themselves.

Disrupt the corridors through which supplies and personnel move, and you degrade the capacity to fight on the front, regardless of what happens in direct engagements.

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