The war in Ukraine has shown that fighting reaches well beyond a traditional front line. Long-range drones and missiles can place logistics hubs, energy infrastructure, warehouses and other economically important facilities hundreds of miles from the battlefield at risk.
In August 2026, Reuters reported Ukrainian strikes affecting more than twenty warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a major Russian e-commerce company. Russia has likewise attacked Ukrainian logistics, energy and industrial sites.
September reports described strikes affecting Pavlohrad and an agribusiness facility in Dnipro. A Reuters report of 10 September 2026 said Russian strikes killed five people in the industrial hub of Pavlohrad. Those attacks are presented as evidence that civilian and dual-use infrastructure can become a target in a major war.
The account argues that the widening battlefield between Ukraine and Russia has made the vulnerability of infrastructure more visible. Long-range precision weapons and inexpensive drones have reduced the protection once provided by distance from the front lines.