Strike on Sberbank’s Mega Data Centre and MZ Balakovo Steelworks — 14 October 2026 Report
Ukrainian drones attacked Balakovo in Russia’s Saratov Oblast overnight into 14 October. Fire Point reported strikes on Sberbank’s Mega Data Centre and the MZ Balakovo steelworks. Fires were recorded in the city’s industrial zone. Ukraine’s General Staff also confirmed strikes on a Russian drone launch facility and storage sites in occupied Donetsk Oblast.
Demilitarizator has compiled the main reports on strikes against Russian facilities and the results of Ukrainian forces’ combat operations available as of 16:15 Kyiv time on 14 October.
Sberbank’s Mega Data Centre in Balakovo: what is known about the strike
Numerous explosions were reported during the overnight attack on Balakovo. The monitoring channel Exilenova+ published footage it linked to an attack on Sberbank’s large data processing centre. Ukrainian weapons manufacturer Fire Point also reported that the facility had been hit.
The Mega Data Centre is a major Russian digital infrastructure project valued at 122.2 billion roubles. The complex is designed to store and process data and support banking IT systems. Services of Russia’s state digital platform GosTech were also planned to be hosted there.
Attack on the MZ Balakovo steelworks
The industrial site of the MZ Balakovo steelworks was another target of the overnight attack. Exilenova+ reported strikes on its industrial zone. The Ukrainian news agency UNN also cited Fire Point’s report of an attack on the plant.
The plant produces steel and rolled products, including reinforcing bars and long steel products. It has its own steelmaking facilities and a production capacity exceeding one million tonnes per year.
Ukraine’s General Staff: drone launch facility and supply depots hit in Donetsk Oblast
At 10:45 on 14 October, Ukraine’s General Staff reported a strike on a site used to store, prepare and launch attack drones near temporarily occupied Donetsk.
Ukraine’s Defence Forces separately struck Russian military supply depots near Popova Balka and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian FPV drone shoots down a Russian Mi-28NM helicopter
Footage showing a strike on a modernised Russian Mi-28NM attack helicopter was also released on 14 October.
According to Ukraine’s 115th Separate Mechanised Brigade, drone pilots from the Prybultsi air defence missile battalion intercepted the helicopter in flight using an anti-aircraft FPV drone.
This is a report on a combat result published today. The available statement does not specify the exact date of the interception.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces hit 2,210 targets on 13 October
On the morning of 14 October, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces published their results for the previous day — 13 October. Units in the grouping reported 2,210 enemy targets hit.
These included 49 drone launch sites, 18 storage facilities, 14 radar, reconnaissance, electronic warfare and communications assets, 87 vehicles and items of specialist and engineering equipment, and 10 artillery systems.
The forces reported 633 Russian personnel killed or wounded, including 313 killed. For 1–13 October as a whole, the grouping reported 30,494 targets hit.
How the figures changed
The data may be revised when official statements or further assessment become available.
Sources
- Fire Point — Sberbank Mega Data Centre
- Fire Point — MZ Balakovo
- Exilenova+ — fire hotspots in Balakovo
- Exilenova+ — footage of the Mega Data Centre attack
- Exilenova+ — steelworks industrial zone
- UNN — data centre and steelworks attack
- Ukraine’s General Staff — drone launch facility and depots
- Militarnyi — strike on the Mi-28NM
- Unmanned Systems Forces — results for 13 October
- Robert Brovdi — daily report
- Suspilne — storage tank explosion in Rostov