The Russian command has banned the movement of military trucks on the Mariupol-Simferopol highway due to strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In two weeks, cargo traffic there has decreased by 71%.
On the night of June 5, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 5 vessels in the ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk. Heavy FP-2 drones were used for the attack.
Occupiers deported children from Zaporizhzhia to Volgograd for military training. Teenagers are being taught to operate drones and prepared for service in the Russian army.
Drones struck the dry cargo ship Leonid Pestrikov and destroyed enemy logistics in the port of Berdyansk. The target was attacked at a distance of over 70 kilometers from the front line.
The AFU are deploying Hornet and MORRIGAN drones to destroy Russian logistics at distances of up to 150 km. Mass production of these systems will create a kill zone in the enemy's rear.
In Berdyansk, the occupiers involved over 200 children in manufacturing hygiene products for the Russian army. The event was held at a children's health center.
Intelligence officers have established fire control over the highway between Berdyansk and Dzhankoi. HUR drone operators are destroying Russian fuel tankers and trucks.
The ATESH movement recorded explosions in Donetsk and Mariupol during a drone attack. Power outages occurred in several cities due to strikes on energy infrastructure.
ATESH partisans reported a massive UAV attack on occupied cities on the night of May 28. Explosions were recorded in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Mariupol.
The Unmanned Systems Forces struck 20 elements of the enemy's air defense, including S-300V and Tor SAM systems. Command posts, Uragan MLRS, and logistics facilities were destroyed in various directions.
The Unmanned Systems Forces are deploying FP-2 drones with unguided aerial rockets at ranges of up to 500 km. A ship in Kaspiysk and strategic communication hubs of the occupiers have already been hit.
The SBS hit a ship in the Caspian Sea, a Tor-M2 SAM system, and a communication hub in Crimea. Logistic infrastructure and occupation command posts were also destroyed.
From January to April 2024, the Russian Federation exported 850,000 tons of grain from the occupied territories. Ukraine is preparing sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet.
The occupiers are moving convoys of 60 units of equipment directly from the front line. Sea containers are being massively imported to Berdiansk through the port of Rostov.
Russian troops transferred more than 20 units of armored vehicles and 65 trucks with ammunition to the Berdiansk direction. The logistical focus shifted from the north of Donetsk region.
The Defense Forces eliminated enemy air defense in the Russian Federation and in the occupied territories. Command posts, areas of force concentration, and UAV control points were hit.
Occupiers detain men on the streets and, through threats, force them to sign contracts with the Russian army. In Berdiansk, at least 17 people were recruited this way in a week.
On March 4 and 5, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck occupiers' ammunition and fuel depots in the temporarily occupied territories and in Russia. A command and observation post and a UAV control point were also destroyed.
Night explosions rocked occupied Berdiansk, causing fires in the port and hospital area. At least three powerful hits were recorded.
The Russian occupation administration in Mariupol is accusing a teenager born in 2008 of "treason" for communicating with Ukrainian state bodies. Ombudsman Lubinets called this a violation of international humanitarian law and sent the information to the Prosecutor General and the SBU.
The ATESH movement disabled a key telecommunications infrastructure facility of the Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia region. This caused large-scale communication disruptions in the Russian Armed Forces units, particularly in the area of the Berdiansk airfield.
On the night of December 18, the tanker "Valeriy Gorchakov", part of Russia's "shadow fleet", was hit in the port of Rostov-on-Don. This tanker was spotted in the waters of the ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk; there are dead and wounded.
As a result of an explosion in Berdiansk on November 19, 2025, at 22:20 Kyiv time, five Rosgvardia occupiers were eliminated, and four were seriously wounded. Two enemy pickup trucks and a Tigr armored vehicle were also destroyed.
Ukrainian intelligence and the Resistance Movement successfully conducted an operation in the Berdiansk district, eliminating the "Akhmat" unit. Two explosions hit the occupiers who were engaged in the illegal sale of stolen diesel fuel, destroying two vehicles.
In the night of November 13, the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked targets in the territory of the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied territories. Among the hit targets were oil depots, a helicopter parking lot, and an air defense radar station.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, commanders of the 1152nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Federation sell soldiers who refuse to participate in assaults into forced labor to collaborators. They are listed as "missing in action" and transferred to unpaid work in the rear, for which the commanders receive money.
The Russian administration in Berdiansk has created a pseudo-volunteer organization "Bars-85", involving students from the local medical college. This is part of the militarization of education and the preparation of young people for work in the military structures of the Russian Federation.
Russian officials are seeking to connect the coastal territories of Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions with a "single water route. " According to Russia's plan, this "route" will cover Mariupol, Prymorsk, Henichesk, but for now, without occupied Crimea.
The occupiers want to legalize the port stolen from Ukraine in order to officially export Ukrainian grain, metal, and building materials abroad.
Ukrainian forces are repelling massive assaults in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, having repelled 76 combat engagements in the past day as of 4:00 PM on October 19, 2025. Russian forces are actively using aviation and artillery, attempting to break through Ukrainian defenses.