kathamandu, The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces carried out strikes on Ukrainian defense and industrial facilities in Kyiv, Kremenchug and Kryvyi Rih.
According to the ministry, targets in Kyiv included companies producing components for missiles and drones. Russian forces also struck the Kremenchug oil refinery in the Poltava region and steelmaking facilities in Kryvyi Rih, which the ministry said produce steel used for military equipment.
The ministry further claimed that a strike drone hit a dry cargo vessel carrying military equipment for Ukrainian forces at the port of Odesa.

