The Ukrainian military said on October 9 that its forces destroyed a facility storing hundreds of attack drones in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.
Ukrainian forces attacked a Shahed drone storage base near Oktyabrsky where about 400 attack drones were stored, the General Staff of the Ukrainian military said on Telegram.
After the strike was reported, Ukraine said five people were killed in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Odesa.
The attack on the Russian facility was carried out jointly by naval forces and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) near the settlement of Oktyabrsky, north of the city of Krasnodar, a statement from the General Staff said.
"According to available information, nearly 400 strike drones were stored there," the statement said.
Based on what it said were "objective control results," a direct hit was made on the target and secondary explosions were observed at the site.
The destruction of the Shahed storage base “will significantly reduce the ability of the Russian occupiers to terrorize peaceful residents of Ukrainian cities and villages," the General Staff said.
There have been no reports on the attack in Russian media.
Ukraine's deputy prime minister for the reconstruction of the country, Oleksiy Kuleba, said on Telegram that the deadly strike on Odesa hit port infrastructure. He said five people, all citizens of Ukraine, were killed and another nine were injured, but regional Governor Oleh Kiper said six people were killed.
According to Kuleba, a Panamanian-flagged container ship, the Shui Spirit, was damaged in the attack. He added that five of the nine people injured in the attack were in serious condition.
Earlier on October 9, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military arsenal in the southwestern Bryansk region.
The strike “inflicted fire damage” on the 67th arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry located in the Bryansk region.
Ammunition for missile and artillery weapons, including some that came from North Korea, as well as guided aerial bombs, were stored on the territory of a warehouse. A significant portion of the weapons were in the open air, the General Staff said.
According to the General Staff, explosions were recorded at the facility and local authorities blocked the road in the area of the arsenal.
Also on October 9, Ukrainian air defense systems shot down 21 out of the 22 drones launched by Russia early in the day at the Odesa, Vinnytsya, and Kyiv regions, the air force said, adding that three Iskander ballistic missiles had been launched at the Poltava region.
Separately, authorities in the Kyiv region said several drones that were heading toward the capital had been downed.
Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said its air-defense units destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones targeting its regions.
Some 24 drones were downed over the Bryansk region while the others were shot down over the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov, and Krasnodar and the Sea of Azov, the ministry said on Telegram.