Russia Says It Struck Three Cargo Ships and Two Substations in Ukraine
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Russia claimed that strikes by its forces hit three cargo ships carrying military equipment for Ukraine, as well as two electrical substations that, according to the Kremlin, supplied power to Ukraine's defense industry. The announcement was made by Russia's Ministry of Defense.
The ships struck
According to the ministry, Russian forces struck a container ship carrying weapons and military equipment bound for the port of Odesa, on the Black Sea, and another container ship at the port of Chornomorsk, in the same southwestern region of Ukraine, which had delivered dual-use cargo. A third vessel, a dry cargo ship struck southwest of Odesa, was transporting weapons and military equipment for Ukraine's armed forces.
Electrical substations
Russia's Defense Ministry also claimed to have struck two electrical substations in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr regions, which it said supplied power to Ukrainian military and industrial enterprises.
Aftermath and verification
Ukrainian power company DTEK reported that an overnight Russian strike on energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk left more than 600,000 people without electricity, noting that major energy facilities in the region were damaged. Reuters, which reported the Russian Defense Ministry's statements, said it could not independently verify the claims, and that there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
