On 14 March 2025, Russian air forces struck Kozatske, Kherson. Casualties unknown.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary On March 14, 2025, Russian forces conducted an airstrike on the Kozatske area in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast. The incident is classified as a medium-grade explosive event, with the scale of casualties currently unconfirmed.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Strike on Kherson Oblast agricultural areas may disrupt spring planting and farming activities
• Continued logistics instability in Black Sea coastal regions, one of Ukraine's southern grain export routes
• Concerns over operational disruptions to agricultural storage and transportation facilities if regional infrastructure is damaged
• Risk of reduced connectivity to southern Ukraine logistics hubs if Kherson-Mykolaiv transportation networks are affected

3) Watch points

• Need to confirm damage scale to major agricultural facilities and grain storage facilities within Kherson Oblast
• Continued monitoring of access routes and transportation networks to southern Ukrainian ports (Odesa, Mykolaiv)
• Assessment of impact on resumption of spring planting agricultural activities and 2025 crop outlook