Russian forces seized 12 settlements and carried out one massive and seven group strikes against Ukrainian targets over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
The strikes targeted Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, logistics and telecommunications centers, transport infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, drone production and storage sites, ammunition and military equipment depots, and temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries, the ministry said.
The settlements included Lukashovo, Lobanovka, Reznikovo, Kupino, Nefedovka, Chernoye, Varvarovka and Nikolayevka in the Kharkov region; Novotroitskoye, Petrovskoye and Lidino in the Donetsk region; and Nikolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The ministry also said Russian forces struck 15 dry cargo ships used to deliver weapons, military equipment, fuel and other supplies to Ukrainian forces.
Russian air defenses shot down seven guided aerial bombs, two U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, four Flamingo cruise missiles, one Neptune missile and 5,695 drones during the period, it added. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
