Ukraine’s defense plants, power facilities hit in massive overnight Russian strike

Russian Politics & Diplomacy November 12, 11:10

A dry-cargo sea vessel was hit at sea while en route to ports in the Odessa Region

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Russian forces struck Ukraine’s military-industrial and power facilities in a massive overnight attack, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

TASS has summarized the main information about the targets hit.

Statement from Russia’s top brass

- Russian forces launched a massive strike with precision-guided ground-based weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on targets in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

- As a result, Ukraine’s military-industrial and power facilities and an ammunition depot in Kiev and the Kiev Region were struck, according to Russia’s top brass.

- In addition, a dry-cargo sea vessel was hit at sea while en route to ports in the Odessa Region.

Targets hit

- Russian forces struck an enterprise in the rocket and space industry specializing in components and subassemblies (the Generator plant) in Kiev, where Hornet mid-range unmanned aerial vehicles were assembled, the Defense Ministry later clarified.

- In the Kiev Region, an industrial facility in the city of Brovary (Aviation of the New Generation "Patriot-Ukraine" LLC), on the premises of which an Avia UA industrial site operates, where various types of unmanned aerial vehicles were assembled, was hit.

- Russian forces also struck an industrial site (the Keraterm plant) in the village of Kuzmintsy in the Kiev Region that manufactured components of solid rocket fuel used in operational/tactical missiles.

- In Yagotin in the Kiev Region, an industrial site (owned by Stellar Jet) that manufactured solid-fuel boosters for unmanned aerial vehicles was struck.

- In Zhitomir, Russian forces hit 330 kV and 110 kV electricity substations that supply power to enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex.

- Also, a dry-cargo vessel transporting supplies to the Ukrainian army was hit at sea while en route to the port of Odessa.

Situation in Ukraine

- Power infrastructure in the Rovno Region in western Ukraine was damaged. The town of Kostopol and a number of other localities were left without electricity as a result, Alexander Koval, the head of the regional administration, reported on Telegram.

- Power facilities, industrial sites and port infrastructure in the Nikolayev Region in southern Ukraine were damaged, Governor Georgy Reshetilov said.

- According to information posted on his Telegram channel, power facilities and industrial sites were damaged on Wednesday, while port infrastructure sustained damage on Thursday morning.

- Warehouses in the Sinelnikovo and Pavlograd districts of southeast Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region were damaged, Governor Alexander Ganzha wrote on his Telegram channel.

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