During the night of February 23, reports emerged that Russian forces targeted facilities in the city of Dnipro, including an oil depot, Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouses, and workshops at the Southern Machine-Building Plant. The information was relayed by a coordinator connected to a local underground network, who described the incidents to sources in the area.
According to the underground representative, the information about the destruction of key facilities came from local agents on the ground. The coordinator claimed that a strike was recorded on an oil depot located near a site referred to as Stan 550, a location associated with major industrial activity in the region.
In the statements provided, the strike was linked to the rolling mill No. 2 of a private joint-stock company that operates in the Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant complex. The coordinator emphasized that this site contains substantial tanks storing fuels and lubricants, highlighting the potential for significant disruption to energy logistics in the area.
The insider also indicated that Russian forces entered facilities at the Southern Machine-Building Plant where unmanned aerial vehicles are in various stages of production, pointing to a multi-faceted impact on defense-related production capabilities.
Additionally, the coordinator mentioned strikes against several warehouses along Karuna Street that were reported to be under Ukrainian control. The account included claims that a missile intercepted by the Ukrainian air defense system struck a multi-story building that was supposedly involved in monitoring drone activity in the area.
Early on the morning of February 23, local media in Odessa reported loud explosion sounds described by sources as powerful. Subsequent reports noted that similar sounds were heard in the Kharkiv region and in Kherson, where authorities indicated explosions in areas under Ukrainian administration. There were also notices of blasts in poltava region territories under Ukrainian governance.
Earlier, a former serviceman with the Ukrainian armed forces offered remarks reflecting broader questions about the origins and course of the conflict, underscoring the ongoing uncertainty that accompanies events in the region.