MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Russian forces continued overnight strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles against railway infrastructure facilities, as well as Ukrainian ports and vessels used to support the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
TASS has summarized the key details about the targets of the strikes.
Defense Ministry statement
Russian forces continued strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles against railway infrastructure facilities, as well as Ukrainian ports and vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Targets hit
According to the ministry, the Poltava railcar depot in Poltava Region was hit. Its grounds are used by the Ukrainian armed forces to store and repair military equipment.
Russian forces also struck two temporary deployment sites for unmanned surface vessel (USV) operators, a boat mooring area and a USV storage site at the port of Vilkovo in Odessa Region, as well as port infrastructure used to store USVs and prepare them for deployment.
In addition, a cargo ship carrying supplies for the Ukrainian armed forces to the port of Odessa was struck at sea.
Russian troops used Geran drones to strike Norwegian-made mobile NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems in Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk Regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported, releasing footage of the strikes.
Russian forces also used Geran drones to strike a parked Mi-24 helicopter, a military supplies depot and a production building at one of Ukraine’s industrial enterprises.
Situation in Ukraine
A thermal power plant in Ukraine was damaged in explosions, and electricity generation was halted, Ukrainian energy holding company DTEK said on its Telegram channel.
The company did not disclose the name or location of the thermal power plant.