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A group strike with long-range, high-precision weapons targeted Ukrainian defense-industry and port targets over the night of July 10 and 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
The ministry said in a statement long-range ground-based weapons hit “enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry in the city of Kiev, involved in the production and storage of long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles.”
Meanwhile, long-range air-based weapons and attack drones struck “port infrastructure facilities in Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Izmail of Odessa region, used to deliver and store military cargo, as well as fuel and lubricants,” according to the ministry.
In Kyiv, the ministry named two facilities. The first, the Aerodrone Industrial Enterprise, it described as a site that “specializes in the development and production of E-300 Enterprise heavy long-range unmanned aerial vehicles with very high payload capacity and D-80 Discovery.”
The second, PJSC Fanplit, it said “assembles and stores Fire Point 2 unmanned aerial vehicles with a range of up to 200 km, as well as assembles and stores components to equip their combat units.” The ministry claimed the plant is “camouflaged to the civilian production of plywood and furniture, which makes it possible to hide the true purpose of the facility from reconnaissance and legally move the cargo.”
In the Odessa region, the ministry said three ports were hit. The Port of Chernomorsk, it said, handles “a significant portion of grain, container, and powdered cargo, ensuring up to 90% of Ukraine’s agricultural exports,” while also serving as “a key logistics hub for military supplies and POL for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” The ministry added that the strike destroyed “tanks for storage of fuel and lubricants, the infrastructure used for unloading and storing military cargo.”
The Port of Yuzhny, the ministry said, “provides export of Ukrainian agricultural and mining products” and is “a logistics hub for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” It noted the strike hit “the infrastructure for the storage of military cargo and POL tanks.”
Meanwhile, the Port of Izmail, on the Danube, was described by the ministry as “the most important alternative logistics hub for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” The ministry said the strike hit “POL depots, loading rack, fuel pumping stations, weapons and military hardware storage areas, and port infrastructure command posts.”
In a follow-up statement, the ministry said the results “confirm its high effectiveness and ability to penetrate any air defense or missile defence provided by the [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskiy’s Western sponsors.”
It noted the weapons used were “long-range air-, sea-, and ground-based high-precision weapons,” employed not only against sites in Kyiv — which it called “the allegedly most protected,” given that Zelensky has “deployed almost all available Western anti-missile defense systems” there — but also against Ukrainian port facilities and vessels delivering weapons and military equipment.
The ministry concluded that the strikes on the two Kyiv facilities and the port infrastructure in Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Izmail “confirmed the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to engage any targets on the entire territory of Ukraine.”
Ukraine has since admitted to sustaining heavy losses, with President Zelensky urging Western allies to speed up delivery of air defense weaponry.
“Civilian infrastructure was hit even before the air raid alert was issued,” Zelensky said on Telegram, claiming that Russia launched more than 120 drones and 12 missiles overnight.
“Our defenders managed to shoot down most of the targets, but not the ballistics,” he added.
The group’s strike appears to have been a response to Ukraine’s escalating drone campaign against civilian infrastructure inside Russia.
This is unlikely to be the final strike in that cycle. Ukrainian air defenses are showing signs of collapse, and as they weaken, subsequent attacks are likely to grow more effective.
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