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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced fresh strikes over the night into July 14 and throughout the day, targeting Ukrainian defense-industry sites in Kyiv as well as port infrastructure and vessels in Odesa region.
Overnight, the ministry said Russian forces used “long-range ground-based high-precision weapons” against defense enterprises in Kyiv involved in cruise missile and drone production, while “long-range air-based high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles” struck port infrastructure in Odesa region used for unloading and storing fuel and lubricants for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
In Kyiv, two facilities were named. The first was the State Enterprise “Radioizmeritel,” described as a radio-electronics manufacturer and a “key supplier of units, details and components of the electronic base” for Neptune-MD guided missiles as well as FP-7, FP-9 and Grom-2 operational-tactical missiles. The ministry said the plant also produces navigation and landing equipment and SHF components for aviation construction.
The second site, the Kiev-79 industrial enterprise (UKR ARMO TECH LLC), was described as “one of the main production sites in Ukraine” for assembling drones and missiles of various types. The ministry said this facility also handles and stores explosives used in ammunition production and serves as a logistics center for storing and shipping military materiel, including armored vehicles and drones.
In Odesa region, the reported targets centered on the Port of Yuzhny (Sea Commercial Port of Yuzhny State Enterprise), where infrastructure used to unload fuel and lubricants was struck along with seven fuel storage tanks, which the ministry said supported the AFU.
Separately, a dry cargo ship said to be delivering military materiel was reportedly hit at a container terminal in the Port of Yuzhny while it was being unloaded, and a tanker was reported to have been struck while travelling from the Port of Chernomorsk to the Port of Odesa.
A first follow-up update said Russian forces “continued to launch strikes at ports of Ukraine and vessels involved in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” during the day. It reported that drones hit two dry cargo ships travelling from the Port of Chernomorsk to the Port of Odesa.
At the Port of Yuzhny, air-based precision weapons were said to have engaged infrastructure facilities belonging to the MigTrans Logistics Centre, along with twelve lorries and a petrol tanker truck said to be transporting military cargo and fuel for the AFU.
A second follow-up update, issued at the same time, said Russian forces “continued to deliver strikes at port infrastructure facilities and vessels involved in the interests of the AFU.”
This update claimed that attack drones “obliterated three more dry cargo ships” during what it described as a raid operation at the Port of Odesa.
It also reported that at the Port of Yuzhny, air-based precision weapons struck port infrastructure used for unloading fuel and lubricants, along with five additional fuel storage tanks said to be used for supplying the AFU.
These strikes were a direct response to Ukraine’s escalating attacks on the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula and on shipping in the Black Sea.
Kyiv’s plans have clearly backfired once again. Ukrainian ports now appear to be under a full-scale blockade by Russian forces. Moscow has so far refrained from completely destroying Ukraine’s main ports, despite being fully capable of doing so. Should Kyiv continue to escalate, however, that is expected to change.
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