Kyiv, night of 29 September: locomotive depot and data centers
Place: KyivRegion: Kyiv and Kyiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The Russian Defense Ministry says it hit a locomotive depot where a "storage site" for Flamingo missiles was allegedly "set up", and data centers as data hubs for the Ukrainian military. Zelensky (as retold by Kyiv Independent) says a railway-station depot, data centers and business centers were damaged. Ukrainian materials report one injured person and damaged residential buildings. AP relays the Russian Defense Ministry's version about the data centers and points to Ukraine's shortage of Patriot missiles.
What Russia reports
automatic summary Russian Defense Ministry: a group strike on logistics centers and port and transport infrastructure; in Kyiv a locomotive depot (according to the ministry, a Flamingo missile storage site) and the Bimobile and Parkovyi data centers were hit.
“локомотивное депо, где был оборудован склад крылатых ракет наземного базирования FP-5 «Фламинго» и компонентов к ним”
- ❗️ Сегодня ночью Вооруженными Силами Российской Федерации нанесен групповой удар высокоточным оружием… — Russian Defense Ministry (Telegram), 29 September, 08:07
- ВС России поразили электроподстанцию, питавшую порты Украины — RIA Novosti, 29 September, 08:06
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Ukrainska Pravda, citing the State Emergency Service: overnight in Kyiv one person was injured in a six-storey building in the Holosiiv district (10 more residents evacuated), residential buildings were damaged; Suspilne — a strike on the Academy of Sciences building and a hospital the previous day.
“Внаслідок російської атаки на Київ постраждала одна людина, пошкоджені житлові будинки у Голосіївському та Солом'янському районах.”
- ДСНС: У Києві через атаку РФ постраждала людина, пошкоджені житлові будинки — Ukrainska Pravda, 29 September, 07:46
- Нічна атака на Київ: пролунали вибухи, виникли пожежі — Ukrainska Pravda, 29 September, 00:18
- РФ поцілила в будівлю НАН та лікарню у Києві. 1679 день війни — Suspilne, 29 September, 06:12
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent, citing Zelensky: a station depot, data centers and business centers were damaged. AP: the Russian Defense Ministry said it hit data centers that, in Moscow's version, are used by the Ukrainian army.
“Russian attacks on the capital damaged a railway station depot, data centers, and business centers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.”
“The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces hit data processing centers in Kyiv that Moscow says are used by the Ukrainian military, which is increasingly deploying artificial intelligence on the battlefield.”
- Russian overnight missile attack on Kyiv injures 1, damages railway depot, data centers, educational… — Kyiv Independent, 29 September, 03:08
- Russia's ballistic missile and jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge — Associated Press, 29 September, 11:59
Confirmation
Confirmation: the sides contradict each other
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