Poland has closed all railway border crossings with Belarus, according to reporting from NOELreports this morning, September 14th, 2025. The move follows a period of heightened Ukrainian drone and missile activity targeting Russian infrastructure, including a significant number of incidents in August that struck oil facilities, refineries, airfields, and railway sites. In the past reporting window, from 9:47 AM to 10:16 AM UTC on September 14th, 2025, reports indicate a sharp increase in Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside Russia, prompting the Kremlin to temporarily suspend internet services. This suspension has disrupted consumer, business, and government operations, with estimates suggesting an hour of outage costs Russia approximately 46.4 billion rubles nationwide and 9.6 billion rubles in Moscow alone, according to the Financial Times. Previous reports from the current date detailed disruptions in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, where multiple train derailments occurred, including a locomotive pulling 15 tankers and an electric locomotive in the Gatchina district, which resulted in the operator's death. Three freight cars also derailed in the Luzhsky district. These incidents occurred in the context of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery in the same region, where air defenses reportedly downed one drone and destroyed another, causing minor damage. Further context from earlier today indicates that Russian air defenses intercepted or jammed 52 drones and destroyed one Iskander-M missile and six additional drones overnight. Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg had temporarily suspended flights for about an hour due to these events. Separately, footage confirmed Ukrainian forces advancing west of Volodymyrivka on the Dobropillia axis, with a Russian unit encircled near Kucheriv Yar.
