The Russian Defense Ministry said on the afternoon of the 8th Russian forces
used drones to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure and sea vessels serving
Ukrainian forces. The ministry said a dry-cargo ship carrying Ukrainian military
equipment was hit in the southwestern Black Sea off Odesa, and a container ship
transporting dual-use military-civilian goods was struck at Chornomorsk port. It
added the 330 kV Kamyanska substation in Dnipropetrovsk region, previously
supplying power to the region's defense-industrial enterprises, was also hit.