What happened

Russia's Defence Ministry said Russian drones struck the port point at Vylkove in Odesa Oblast during attacks on the evening of 4 October and overnight into 5 October, alleging that the facility was used to transfer military cargo. Reuters and other outlets relayed the wider ministry statement, but no Ukrainian authority or port operator confirmation, geolocated damage imagery, casualty report, damaged-asset description or operating notice was identified in the reviewed reporting. The event is therefore recorded as a Russian-attributed claim. The marker represents the Vylkove port area rather than a verified impact coordinate.

When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.