The Russian Armed Forces have conducted strikes on military industry enterprises and fuel and energy facilities in Ukraine, particularly in the region, using long-range precision weapons from air, land, and sea, along with strike drones, as per the Russian Defence Ministry. Military airfield infrastructure in various regions including Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv was also targeted by Russian forces.
Russia’s air defense systems intercepted 11 aerial bombs and 631 Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft within the last 24 hours, as reported by Russia’s state-owned Tass media. The Ministry of Defence stated that Russian troops targeted launch sites for Ukrainian long-range drones and temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries across 153 districts in the past day.
The Russian Defence Ministry mentioned that operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces’ troop groups attacked transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 153 districts.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova reported that the military targets in Ukraine attacked by the Russian Armed Forces were allegedly used by the Kyiv regime to harm civilians. According to Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, the massive retaliatory strike by the Russian Armed Forces was aimed solely at military and paramilitary targets in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov further stated that Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the outcomes of the massive retaliatory strike against targets in Kyiv and other populated areas, emphasizing that the strikes were directed exclusively at military or near-military targets.
