Ukraine's Defense Forces strike gunpowder plant and several Russian targets - General Staff
Illustrative photo: Ukrainian drones struck a number of key enemy targets (Getty Images)
In particular, a Russian Project 10410 border patrol vessel (code name Svetlyak) operating in the waters of the Sea of Azov came under attack.
The Elastik gunpowder plant in Russia's Ryazan region was also struck. Following the attack, a fire covering an area of more than 400 square meters was reported.
Ukraine's Defense Forces also struck a concentration area of Russian weapons and military equipment near Novoiehorivka in the Kharkiv region, as well as an enemy command post near Ocheretyne in the Donetsk region.
In addition, an ammunition depot near Hrintal in the Donetsk region and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Simferopol, Crimea, and Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region were targeted.
Results of previous strikes
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that on June 3, one storage tank was destroyed, six others were damaged, and two technical overpasses were hit at the Saint Petersburg oil terminal.
A fire was also recorded in a warehouse building covering more than 200 square meters at the Michurinsky Progress Plant in Russia's Tambov region.
"Ukraine's Defense Forces will continue to systematically take measures to compel the Russian Federation to cease its armed aggression against Ukraine," the General Staff said in a statement.
As previously reported, Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow overnight on June 3. The mayor of the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin, claimed that the drones had been shot down and that emergency services were working at the sites where debris had fallen.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed strikes on targets in Kronstadt and the Tambov region. According to him, all three facilities were linked to financing or supporting Russia's military machine.
