MOSCOW/KIEV, June 14– Russia said Sunday that its troops struck Ukraine’s military infrastructure and shot down 483 Ukrainian drones in the past 24 hours, while Kiev claimed raids on Russian targets.
Russia’s operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile and artillery units hit Ukraine’s long-range drone storage depots, energy, transport and port infrastructure related to military operations, the Russian defense ministry said in a press release.
Temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian military formations and foreign mercenaries in 150 places were also hit, it said.
Meanwhile, multiple Russian regions, including areas near Moscow, came under Ukrainian drone attacks, inflicting civilian casualties.
“Emergency response teams are working at the crash site of the drone wreckage,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said Sunday morning.
On the same day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces struck several “important” facilities in Russia.
Among the targets was an oil facility in the Yaroslavl region in central Russia, which is important for Russia’s oil reserves, Zelensky wrote on X.
He said Ukrainian forces also hit the Azot chemical plant in the Tula region, a key explosives production facility in Russia. (Namibia Daily NewsXinhua)
