The key facts
- Russia's Defense Ministry claims Geran drone strikes on energy and transport infrastructure in Ukraine's rear
- The named targets include a 330 kV substation, locomotives, a logistics center, and an equipment repair facility
- Life.ru earlier reported a strike on a 330 kV substation in Zhytomyr region that served defense-industrial enterprises
Defense Ministry statement on strikes in Ukraine's rear areas
Russia's Defense Ministry reported that Russian forces carried out a series of Geran drone strikes on energy and transport infrastructure in Ukraine's rear areas. According to the ministry, the targets hit included a 330 kV substation, railway locomotives, and a logistics center. The attacks were carried out by operators of the separate Varyag unmanned systems brigade, Life.ru reports.
List of targets and the stated aim of the strikes
In addition to the substation, locomotives, and logistics center, the Defense Ministry listed among the targets a technical inspection and equipment repair facility which, according to the ministry, was used to support Ukrainian formations. The ministry explained that the strikes were aimed at disrupting Ukrainian armed forces' military logistics and hitting strategically important facilities in the Ukrainian rear; it claimed that destroying the listed facilities significantly limits the Ukrainian military's ability to conduct combat operations.
Connection with earlier reports about substations
Life.ru previously separately reported the strike on a 330 kV electrical substation in Zhytomyr region: according to the Defense Ministry, that energy facility supplied electricity to Ukrainian defense-industrial enterprises. The new statement expands the list of claimed targets — from energy to railway equipment and logistics — however, there is no independent confirmation of the scale of the damage in available publications: the information comes from the Russian military ministry.
