IN BRIEF: Russia pounds Ukraine’s defense plants, energy sites in massive overnight strike
In the city of Kiev, the strike hit a missile assembly and components plant manufacturing components for reconnaissance and strike drones, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Russian forces delivered a massive overnight strike on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and their power facilities and hit port infrastructure in the Odessa Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
TASS has gathered key information about the targets of the strikes.
Defense Ministry statement
- During the past night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by ground-based precision-guided weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on targets in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
- According to the ministry, the strikes hit Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises engaged in the production and storage of long-and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, energy facilities providing power for their operation in Kiev, the Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk Regions, and also port infrastructure sites in the Odessa Region and sea vessels used for the needs of the Ukrainian army.
Targets hit
- As the ministry specified later, in the city of Kiev, the strike hit a missile assembly and components plant (the Kiev Radio Plant JSC, Trimen-Ukraine LLC) manufacturing components for reconnaissance and strike drones, including long-range UAVs.
- In Kiev, Russian forces also hit a workshop for assembling and storing unmanned aerial vehicles (Fanplit PrJSC) involved in the production and storage of Fire Point FP-1 and FP-2 long-and medium-range drones.
- In addition, Russian forces hit the PS-330 Novokievskaya power substation in the settlement of Khotov in the Kiev Region, which supported the operation of Ukrainian defense industry enterprises in Kiev.
- Russian forces also struck the PS-330 Svetloye power substation in the settlement of Svetloye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, which supported the operation of Ukrainian defense industry enterprises in Dnepropetrovsk.
- In addition, Russian forces hit a dry cargo ship in the Black Sea delivering military equipment and dual-use cargo for the needs of the Ukrainian army to the Odessa port.
Situation in Ukraine
- A complete power outage hit Dnepropetrovsk in southeastern Ukraine, Mayor Boris Filatov (blacklisted as a terrorist and extremist in Russia) said.
- The mayor advised Dnepropetrovsk residents to stay at home, whenever possible, as electric public transport (the subway, trolleybuses and trams) had stopped running in the city and only buses were operating on the routes.
- The mayor also recommended that urban residents stock up on enough water for at least one or two days.
- The blackout in Dnepropetrovsk has occurred for the second time over the past 48 hours.
- The city was hit by a complete power outage yesterday evening.
- It was also reported at that time about interruptions in hot water supply to apartments.