# Russian forces carry out massive strike on Ukraine’s defense enterprises

https://mins.news/en/item/104150

- TASS, 2026-10-17 07:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2203463

> Russia’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces used precision-guided weapons and attack drones overnight against metallurgical plants, a transformer factory and an energy site in Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia and Zhytomyr. It said the targets also included a dry cargo ship carrying military goods to Odesa and a substation supplying Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises.

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