Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Russian army attacks army airfield, energy facility in Ukraine


(MENAFN) The Russian Defense Ministry announced a significant overnight assault on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure involving missiles and kamikaze drones.

According to Moscow’s statement on Saturday, the strike employed high-precision weapons launched from air, land, and sea, alongside explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicles. The attack focused on a military airfield and an energy facility that supplied fuel to Ukrainian forces in the Donbass region.

“The goal of the strike has been accomplished. All designated targets have been hit,” Russian officials said, though they did not reveal the exact locations targeted.

In a separate update, the ministry reported the destruction of several UAV production workshops and ammunition depots across Ukraine by Russian warplanes, drones, missiles, and artillery.

On the Ukrainian side, authorities confirmed a large-scale Russian strike on energy infrastructure in Kremenchuk, located in the Poltava region. Ukrainian military estimates put the scale of the assault at nearly 300 kamikaze drones and eight missiles used overnight.

This attack follows a recent pattern of Russian strikes aimed at Ukrainian military facilities; a response Moscow says is prompted by Kyiv’s own increased cross-border drone attacks. Russia has characterized the escalation as an effort by Ukraine to sabotage ongoing peace negotiations.

Earlier this week, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed a similar combined strike targeted military-industrial sites in the Kiev region and the Ukrainian-controlled area of Zaporozhye.

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