Key facts
- Ukrainian forces reportedly struck energy infrastructure in occupied Mariupol on September 13, 2026.
- Part of Mariupol was left without power following the strikes.
- A building in occupied Mariupol was hit after Russian air defenses were engaged.
- Fuel storage tanks at a military airfield in Taganrog, Russia, continued to burn for a second day.
- On September 12, Ukrainian forces struck an FPV-drone production facility, drone storage warehouses, an oil-products tank, a radar system, and a Pantsir-S2 air-defense system in Taganrog.
- On September 12, Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Russia's Samara Oblast.
Ukrainian forces reportedly struck energy infrastructure in the occupied city of Mariupol late on September 13, 2026, causing power outages in part of the city. The strikes occurred after Russian air defenses were engaged, according to Telegram channel Exilenova Plus. The same channel reported that a fire continued to burn for a second day at fuel storage tanks at a military airfield in Taganrog, southern Russia.
On September 12, Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) forces targeted an FPV-drone production facility, drone storage warehouses, an oil-products tank, a radar system, and a Pantsir-S2 air-defense system in Taganrog, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated. Eyewitness footage from that night purportedly showed large fires at an airfield near the city, reported monitoring channel Supernova Plus. Also on September 12, Ukrainian long-range drones hit the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Russia's Samara Oblast, causing a fire, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
Ukraine frequently conducts strikes on military infrastructure deep within Russia and occupied territories to degrade Moscow's war-fighting capabilities. Earlier on September 13, Ukrainian Railways reported that a Russian drone struck a train locomotive approximately 2 kilometers from Ukraine's border with Poland. On September 12, Russian forces conducted a large-scale drone attack on western Ukraine, which damaged a passenger train in Lutsk and led to power outages in neighboring Rivne Oblast, regional authorities said, with at least five people injured in Volyn Oblast.