Russian forces carried out six strikes over the past week targeting Ukrainian defense-industrial facilities and infrastructure supporting the armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
The Russian Armed Forces conducted one massive strike and five group strikes using long-range high-precision weapons launched from air, sea and ground platforms, as well as strike drones, the ministry said in a statement. The strikes occurred between April 11 and 17 in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian targets, the statement said.
The strikes targeted Ukrainian defense-industrial enterprises involved in producing cruise missiles, as well as fuel, energy and transport infrastructure supporting the Ukrainian armed forces, it said.
The ministry added that military airfields, assembly and storage sites for strike drones, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed units and foreign mercenaries were also hit.
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According to the ministry, Russian forces took control of the settlement of Volchanskie Khutory in the Kharkiv region over the past week, and brought the settlement of Zybino in the same region under control over the past 24 hours.
Over the same period, Russian air defense systems destroyed 1,665 drones, 60 guided aerial bombs and nine U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, the ministry said, adding that the Black Sea Fleet destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned boats.
