# Ukraine takes the war to Russia’s space programme in tactical shift

https://mins.news/en/item/43823

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 13:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/ukraine-targets-russias-space-programme-as-war-intensifies?traffic_source=rss

> From Moscow to Plesetsk, Ukraine appears to be targeting infrastructure that supports Russia’s war from space. Ukrainian drones damaged a major satellite communications centre in Dubna and made repeated attempts to strike the Plesetsk military cosmodrome, whose facilities support intelligence gathering, navigation and the coordination of ground, drone and missile operations.

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