The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced this Sunday that the attacks perpetrated against Ukraine in the last day were aimed at the facilities of the neighboring country’s military-industrial complex and warehouses for ‘assault drones’.
“On December 31, the Russian Armed Forces attacked with long-range and precision weapons aerial targets of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex involved in the production of assault drones used to carry out terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation,” the military stated. . , quoted by Efe.
According to Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov, the missiles “hit warehouses and assaulted drone launch systems”, thus “the objective of the attack was achieved”.
“The kyiv regime’s plans to carry out terrorist attacks against Russia in the near future have failed,” he added.
For its part, the Ukrainian command reported that, in the last 24 hours, “the enemy launched 31 missile attacks and 12 air strikes,” causing damage in eight regions of the country.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces added that the Russians deployed 13 Shahed-136 ‘drones’ which were shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense.
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The Russian military offensive in Ukraine was launched on February 24 and was condemned by the broader international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on Russia.
According to the UN, the invasion and ensuing war have already caused more than 14 million people to flee, more than half of them to other European countries, with almost 18 million Ukrainians in need of humanitarian aid and 9.3 million they need support to eat and have shelter.
Source: Observadora
