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Russian Military Claims Overnight Strikes on Ukrainian Rail and Energy Sites

Its account also placed a cargo vessel about 52 kilometers southwest of Odesa and said it was attacked. Reuters said it had been unable to corroborate the battlefield accounts.

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Locomotives stand on tracks at a railway yard in Kharkiv, Ukraine, under grey morning light. / EconoTimes.ai
Locomotives stand on tracks at a railway yard in Kharkiv, Ukraine, under grey morning light. / EconoTimes.ai

The Russian military said Thursday that overnight strikes hit Ukrainian transport, energy and logistics sites and a cargo vessel near Odesa, with claims spanning two regions and the Black Sea.

For Kharkiv region, it identified rail locomotives and an industrial structure at the Thermal Power Plant 2 as targets. It also said a power station in Dnipropetrovsk region was hit.

The Russian Defence Ministry separately alleged that Ukraine’s military used a Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kharkiv region to assemble drones.

The Russian military said a cargo vessel came under attack at sea and placed it roughly 52 kilometers southwest of Odesa. Reuters said it had been unable to independently corroborate the battlefield accounts.

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