The key facts

  • The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the destruction of a battery storage facility in Bila Tserkva that supplied energy to military-industrial facilities
  • A dry cargo ship carrying dual-use goods was attacked in the port of Odesa
  • Over several days, strikes were reported on a substation in the Dnipropetrovsk region and a Nova Poshta logistics center in Berdychiv

Strikes on the night of November 6

On the night of November 6, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported continuing drone strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure facilities and on sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian army. According to the ministry, in the Kyiv region, in Bila Tserkva, a battery storage facility that supplied electricity to Ukraine's military-industrial complex facilities was destroyed. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru and Life.ru citing the Russian military ministry.

Attack on a vessel in Odesa

In addition, in the port of Odesa, Russian forces struck a dry cargo ship which, according to the Ministry of Defense, was delivering dual-use goods to Ukraine. The outlets' wording differs in details: Gazeta.Ru conveyed the ministry's message as a strike on a vessel, whereas Life.ru asserts in the headline of its own news item that the dry cargo ship carrying military cargo for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was sunk. The publications provide no details about the condition of the vessel or any casualties.

Earlier strikes

The report of the overnight attack continues a series of statements by the Ministry of Defense in recent days. On the morning of November 5, the ministry reported that Russian troops had hit a 330 kV electrical substation in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Before that, the target was the Nova Poshta logistics center in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr region, where, according to the Ministry of Defense, cargo supplied by Western states for the Ukrainian army was stored and distributed. It was also previously reported that three facilities in Ukraine had been hit.

Strikes on the Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions

Life.ru separately recalls an earlier statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian aviation carried out strikes on an electrical substation near Sumy and on a temporary deployment point of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region. According to the ministry, FAB-500 aerial bombs were used to hit the energy facility, and FAB-3000 bombs against the unit's location; both types of munitions were equipped with planning and correction modules. The ministry did not report details of the damage or possible casualties.