IN BRIEF: Russia's massive strike on defense facilities, logistics centers in Kiev, Odessa

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian defense industry facilities and logistics centers in Kiev and the Odessa Region, as well as marine vessels, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

- Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike using ground-and air-based precision-guided weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against targets in Ukraine, the ministry reported.

- It said that the strikes targeted facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, telecommunications and logistics centers in Kiev and the Odessa Region, as well as marine vessels operating on behalf of the Ukrainian armed forces.

- The Defense Ministry specified that the Russian Armed Forces struck an industrial facility in Kiev that manufactured components for long-and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and prepared ground robotic systems for deployment.

- In addition, a workshop for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (Pegasus Arms LLC), which manufactured and stored long-and medium-range UAVs, including fixed-wing UAVs, was struck.

- Russian forces also struck an industrial facility (Element UA LLC) that manufactured and stored components for medium-range Hornet strike unmanned aerial vehicles.

- In addition, a transport and logistics center in Kiev that stored and distributed long-and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles was struck.

- The Russian Armed Forces also struck the Kievstar and Parkovy telecommunications centers, which provided communications services and computing resources to the Ukrainian armed forces.

- In Odessa, two logistics centers for the storage and distribution of military and dual-use cargo arriving in Ukraine from European countries were struck.

- In addition, Russian forces struck a tank vessel at sea that was delivering fuel and lubricants to the port of Chernomorsk to supply the Ukrainian armed forces.

- Overnight and on Thursday morning, Ukrainian media reported explosions in Kiev, Odessa, and Khmelnitsky, as well as in the Rovno, Sumy, and Ternopol Regions.

- Warehouses in Kiev were damaged by the strikes and caught fire, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES).