Logistics hubs, port infrastructure in Ukraine hit in last night’s Russian strikes

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Russian forces struck logistics facilities and port infrastructure in Ukraine, as well as vessels at sea used in the interests of the Ukrainian army last night, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.

TASS has summarized the key details about destroyed targets.

Statement from Russia’s top brass

- The Russian Armed Forces continued to deliver strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles targeting Ukraine’s logistics facilities and port infrastructure, as well as vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian army, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a morning report.

- The Grand Import logistics hub used as storage for military and dual-use supplies intended for the Ukrainian army was hit in the city of Khmelnitsky, the report said.

- In addition, Russian troops struck a transport and logistics center of LLC Vendor Trans Servis, used for storage and distribution of cargo and materiel of the Ukrainian army, in the locality of Kovel in Ukraine’s Volyn Region.

- Furthermore, three bulk carriers transporting military and dual-use cargo intended for the Ukrainian army, along with port infrastructure facilities ensuring the operation of loading and unloading terminals, were hit at the port of Reni.

- The Russian Armed Forces also struck a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies to Ukraine at sea, en route to the port of Odessa.

Situation in Ukraine

- An industrial warehouse was damaged in Ukraine’s Kiev Region, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) reported.

- A fire broke out on the premises but was later extinguished, the SESU said on its Telegram channel.

- A critical energy infrastructure facility in the Lvov Region in western Ukraine was damaged twice by explosions, Governor Maxim Kozitsky wrote on Telegram.

- Three energy facilities were damaged in the Ternopol Region in southern Ukraine, the head of the region’s military administration, Taras Pastukh, said in a Telegram post.

- Energy facilities were damaged in the Odessa Region in southern Ukraine, Oleg Kiper, the head of the region’s military administration, said in a Telegram post, without elaborating.