# Explained: Why Russia is escalating attacks on Ukrainian businesses

https://mins.news/en/item/37514

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-30 12:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/why-russia-escalates-attacks-on-ukraines-businesses-explained/

> Russia has sharply intensified strikes on Ukrainian businesses, hitting supermarket distribution hubs, postal facilities, gas stations, warehouses, rail infrastructure, industrial plants and Black Sea ports. The Kyiv Independent discusses the reasons with Hlib Vyshlinsky, executive director of the Kyiv-based Center for Economic Strategy. Separately, journalists followed Ukrainian military medics from the battlefield to Sweden for a short mental-health retreat.

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