For over a week, Russia has carried out massive daily strikes with reconnaissance drones on Kyiv and the Kyiv region, deliberately targeting logistics and warehouse infrastructure. Food supermarket warehouses, marketplace facilities, book publishing houses, and pharmaceutical company sites have come under fire. Nova Poshta reports drone strikes almost daily, damage has been recorded at Epitsentr network facilities, and on September 3 the Coca-Cola plant in Broyary was hit. In conditions where air-raid alerts in the capital are declared more than ten times a day and last for hours, business is effectively paralyzed: under current rules, shopping centers are prohibited from operating during alerts, and the metro runs with restrictions.
Splitting the Alert: 'Yellow' and 'Red' Modes
In response to the new strike tactics, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine announced a review of the rules governing business operations during air-raid alerts. The key innovation is the division of the alert into two types: 'yellow' and 'red'. During a 'yellow' alert, enterprises will be permitted to operate, and for Kyiv it is proposed to resume full metro service. The 'red' alert will retain the current restrictions: facilities are closed and activities are suspended. According to the relevant authorities, this differentiation is intended to reduce economic losses without compromising citizen safety during the most intense strikes.
Tax Relief and Round-the-Clock Operation of Agencies
On September 2, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the owners and heads of the largest food and building-materials supermarkets, hypermarkets, and marketplaces. The main topic of discussion was the operation of business and logistics amid daily attacks. The State Tax Service has already prepared a package of support measures for affected enterprises. As the head of the service, Lesia Karnaush, stated, some of the initiatives require legislative regulation; however, tax authorities have shifted to a risk-based approach to administration and control in order to simplify operating conditions for businesses that have suffered damage. In parallel, according to Viktor Nykita, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, a special response protocol for regional military administrations has been activated in the regions, and the economic departments of the OVA have been placed on round-the-clock operation for rapid communication with enterprises.
Strikes on Ports and Railways: Impact Extends Beyond Ukraine
Minister of Reconstruction Nikolai Kalashnyk pointed to a clear trend in Russia's actions: simultaneous strikes on seaports, civilian vessels, and railway and border infrastructure. In his assessment, the aim is to halt exports, imports, and passenger transport. Kalashnyk emphasized that the consequences extend far beyond Ukrainian territory: foreign vessels, international carriers, European logistics routes, and Ukrainian agricultural exports, which are supplied to more than 55 countries worldwide, are at risk. Kyiv, the minister said, is working with international partners on restoring infrastructure, building reserves, and developing alternative logistics solutions.
Contradictory Data
The primary source of information on the measures taken by Ukrainian authorities is a publication by RBC-Ukraine, in which specific decisions and statements are attributed to the named officials. Russian news agencies (TASS, RBC-Russia) covered similar events in format during the same period — support for businesses affected by attacks on warehouses and logistics centers in Krasnodar Krai and Samara Oblast — however, their materials contain neither confirmation nor denial of specific Ukrainian regulatory changes, such as the introduction of a two-tier alert system or risk-based tax control. Thus, independent verification of the measures announced by Kyiv by Russian sources is absent from the provided data corpus, which makes it impossible to either confirm or refute certain details (for example, the exact list of tax incentives or the effective dates of the new alert procedure).
