Russia's Defense Ministry reported a strike on a bulk carrier in the Black Sea

Defense Ministry statement on the strike against a vessel

Russia's Ministry of Defense reported that on the afternoon of November 5, as a result of a strike in the Black Sea, 107 km southwest of Odesa, a bulk carrier was hit. According to the ministry, the vessel was carrying military property and dual-use goods to Ukraine. The statement was published by the ministry's press service on the Max messenger (the text of the statement is available via the link). The Russian newspaper Gazeta.Ru reports on a series of strikes against sea vessels which, according to the ministry, are being used to deliver military-purpose cargo to Ukrainian forces,.

Context of other claimed strikes

The same ministry statement lists a number of other claimed strikes from previous days: on the morning of November 5, the Defense Ministry reported hitting a 330 kV electrical substation in Dnipropetrovsk region during overnight strikes; earlier, the ministry claimed an attack on a Nova Poshta logistics center in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr region, where, it asserted, cargo supplied by Western states for the Ukrainian army was stored and distributed, as well as strikes on port infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces. All of this information comes only from the Russian side; the published materials contain no independent confirmation and no data on casualties or damage.