On 14 March 2025, likely Ukrainian drones struck a military unit in Mulino (Volodarskiy, Nizhny Novgorod). Casualties unknown.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary On March 14, 2025, drones presumed to be Ukrainian struck military facilities in the Mulino area of Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The region is a major industrial hub in west-central Russia, located approximately 400km from Moscow, with a concentration of military-related manufacturing companies.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Nizhny Novgorod Oblast serves as a major heavy industry hub in Russia for automotive, aircraft, and steel production, with drone attacks potentially spreading security concerns across industrial facilities
• As a key transportation hub in the Volga River basin and an important waypoint on the Moscow-Siberia railway network, increased anxiety over regional logistics networks is expected
• Concerns over reduced manufacturing supply-chain efficiency due to Russian defense industry companies' facility dispersion and enhanced security measures
• Continued geopolitical risks to global energy and grain supply chains as the Ukrainian conflict expands into Russian interior regions

3) Watch points

• Whether major industrial facilities in the Nizhny Novgorod region (GAZ automotive, Sokol aircraft, etc.) experience operational shutdowns and trends in security enhancement measures
• Scale of cascading impacts on central Russian supply-chain routes if additional drone attacks occur in western Russian regions