Russia Targets Ukraine Military Factories and Ships in Overnight Strikes
Overview of Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Military Infrastructure
MOSCOW, July 30 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that its forces had carried out big overnight strikes on military factories across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv and in the western city of Lviv, and had struck three cargo ships in the Black Sea.
Details of Missile and Drone Attacks
Strikes on Kyiv Factories
The Defence Ministry said it had used land, sea and air-launched missiles, as well as strike drones, to hit the Mayak factory in Kyiv which it said was involved in the production of Ukrainian FP-1 and FP-2 strike drones. It said in the same statement that it had struck Kyiv's Electrical Technical Plant which it said made strike and surveillance drones.
Attacks in Western Ukraine
Lviv's LORTA Aviation Factory
In the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, it said Russia had struck the LORTA Aviation Factory which it said manufactured and serviced engines used in Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles as well as drones.
Ivano-Frankivsk Region Missile Facilities
In Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said its forces had hit two factories making or storing various Ukrainian missiles, including Flamingos and Neptune missiles.
Strikes in Dnipropetrovsk Region
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, it said its forces had struck the Akvaplast factory in Kryvyi Rih which it said was involved in the design and assembly of strikes drones, unmanned sea drones, and in repairing self-propelled howitzers.
Attacks on Cargo Ships in the Black Sea
Strikes on Ships Delivering Military Goods
It said its forces had also struck a cargo ship in the port of Yuzhnyi (also known as Pivdennyi) in the Odesa region which it said had delivered military goods. Two cargo ships to the south and east of Odesa which it said had been delivering arms and military equipment to the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk had also been struck, it added.
Independent Verification
Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report.
(Reporting by Moscow buro Editing by Andrew Osborn)
