MOSCOW, Aug. 20 — Russian forces launched strikes on berthing facilities used for fuel deliveries for the Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The strikes also targeted a drone assembly workshop and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas, the ministry said in a statement.
Russian forces have captured two settlements in the Donetsk region and one in the Dnipropetrovsk region, it added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier in the day that Russia raided a gas distribution station in the Odesa region overnight.
He added that 14 people were injured in the Sumy region due to Russian drone strikes, while five apartments were hit in the Donetsk region, trapping at least three, with rescue operations still underway.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russian forces launched 93 combat and decoy drones, along with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, overnight on Tuesday. (Xinhua)
