The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that it had carried out airstrikes using unmanned aerial vehicles targeting logistics centers, port and transport infrastructure facilities, and communications centers, in addition to naval vessels and a dry cargo ship transporting military equipment and dual-use goods to the port of Odesa for the benefit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In a statement, the ministry explained that the strikes in Kyiv Oblast targeted a data center belonging to Vodafone, which is used to transmit intelligence data and secure communications for the Ukrainian military.
The strikes also targeted the logistics center of the “Zalmer” group in Krasylivka, which is designated for the storage and distribution of Western military aid, in addition to the destruction of two warehouses for drones and their warheads.
In Odesa Oblast, Russian forces targeted the “Drone Kalynch” logistics center in Illichivka, which is used to store interceptor drones.
According to the ministry’s statement, the strikes in the port of Kiliya also targeted the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy’s “Vostok” base, a border guard base, four warehouses containing military equipment, and berthing infrastructure facilities.
It is noteworthy that the Russian Ministry of Defense had announced on Saturday that the Russian army had taken control of the towns of Petropavlivka and Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast, and the town of Maryno in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, in addition to “making progress along several axes in the area of the special military operation.”