Russia’s Massive Retaliatory Precision Strikes Target Ukraine’s Defense, Energy Network

The Russian military on Friday night delivered a group strike against enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry enterprises and the energy facilities that support their operation in response to Kiev's attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, last night the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike with ground-based, high-precision long-range weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and energy infrastructure facilities that ensure its operation. The objectives of the strike have been achieved, and all designated targets have been hit," the ministry said in a statement.

The Russian forces also hit a launcher and a transport-loading vehicle of the Neptun coastal missile system, as well as UAV production sites and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries across 154 locations, the ministry added.