The key facts

  • Russian Defense Ministry: the strike targeted logistics centers, port infrastructure, electrical substations and ships serving the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
  • According to the ministry, a drone warehouse was hit in Poltava, substation PS-330 'Nivky' in Kyiv, and a dry cargo ship on approach to Odesa
  • Klitschko reported a drone strike on transport infrastructure in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district; air raid alerts were in effect in about ten regions

Defense Ministry statement on the overnight strike

On the night of October 21, the Russian Armed Forces, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, carried out a combined strike on logistics centers, Ukraine's port infrastructure and electrical substations, as well as on seagoing vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian army.

Targets hit according to the ministry

In Poltava, according to the Defense Ministry's statement, a warehouse complex storing long- and medium-range drones was hit. In Kyiv, the PS-330 'Nivky' electrical substation was struck, which, according to the ministry, supplied enterprises of Ukraine's military-industrial complex and logistics centers. In addition, the Defense Ministry claims that a dry cargo ship carrying cargo for the Ukrainian army was hit while traveling by sea toward Odesa.

Reports from the Ukrainian side

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a drone struck a transport infrastructure facility in the city's Solomianskyi district. Later, reports came in of explosions in Kharkiv: first four, then several more.

Air raid alerts

During the past night, the air raid alert was in effect in Kyiv, Rivne and Volyn regions, as well as in certain districts of Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Lviv regions of Ukraine. Earlier, Russian troops had already struck Ukraine's port infrastructure facilities.