live Russia says it struck cargo vessels, steel plants across Ukraine

Russia says it struck cargo vessels, steel plants across Ukraine
A Russian service member stands guard at a checkpoint near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, 15 June 2023.
Reuters

Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces struck two cargo vessels overnight in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.

⦿ 08:01 GMT | UPDATE

Ukrainian drones target industrial facilities in Russia's Samara region

Reuters

Industrial facilities in Russia's Samara region were attacked by Ukrainian drones on Saturday morning, Interfax reported, citing regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.

Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had downed 230 Ukrainian drones overnight over more than a dozen Russian regions, as well as over Crimea and the Azov and Black seas.

Fedorishchev did not specify which facilities were targeted or whether they had been damaged.

Ilya Sukhikh, mayor of the city of Togliatti in Samara region, said several residential buildings were damaged and one person was injured.

In a separate attack, four commercial properties were set ablaze in the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region, local mayor Svetlana Kambulova said, according to TASS.

⦿ 07:00 GMT | UPDATE

Russia, Ukraine trade deadly drone strikes on infrastructure

Reuters

The ministry also said Russian forces hit Ukrainian steel maker Zaporizhstal in the city of Zaporizhzhia, an Interpipe Steel complex in Dnipro and several plants in Kryvyi Rih, including the Northern Iron Ore Beneficiation Works complex.

The report has not been independently verified. 

⦿ 04:10 GMT | UPDATE

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