According to CoinMeta, on the 8th, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement stating that Russian forces used drones to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure and maritime vessels serving the Ukrainian military that afternoon. The statement mentioned that Russian forces hit a cargo ship carrying Ukrainian military equipment in the southwestern Black Sea area of Odessa Oblast, as well as a container ship transporting dual-use materials for both military and civilian purposes at the port of Chernomorsk. In addition, the 330-kilovolt "Kamenskaya" substation in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was also struck; this substation previously supplied electricity to the region's military enterprises.