Ukraine strikes Mariupol port, 'significantly limiting' its use


KYIV, ⁠June 10 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces struck several ⁠key facilities at the Russian-occupied port of ‌Mariupol, Kyiv said on Wednesday, in an attack that has "significantly limited" its capacity as a critical logistics hub ​for Moscow's war effort.

The port ⁠was left without ⁠power after strikes on its energy and management ⁠infrastructure, according ‌to Ukraine's drone forces, which said they had carried out the ⁠operation with the 1st Azov Corps and ​the SBU ‌security service.

"The port was used by the ⁠enemy for ​military logistics, as well as the illegal export of Ukrainian grain, coal and metal to ⁠Russia," it said in a ​statement.

"The enemy's ability to use Mariupol as a logistics hub is significantly limited."

A video posted separately ⁠by the 1st Azov Corps shows drone footage of ships, electrical stations and other structures coming under attack.

Tuesday's strikes are part of ​a mounting Ukrainian campaign ⁠to target Russian military logistics far behind the ​front line, an effort that ‌analysts say has hampered ​Moscow's battlefield advances.

(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Alex Richardson and Thomas Derpinghaus)

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