Moscow’s forces have successfully hit a number of Kiev’s critically important facilities, the defense ministry has reported
The massive overnight strike on critically important Ukrainian facilities was conducted in response to Kiev’s recent ATACMS attack on Russia’s military airfield near the city of Taganrog, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
The ministry stated that all the goals of the retaliatory strike had been achieved and that all targeted facilities have been hit.
Earlier, Kiev’s Energy Minister German Galuschenko reported that Ukraine’s energy infrastructure had been targeted in a major attack, resulting in power outages in the capital as well as several other cities.
Explosions have been reported in Odessa Region, Ivano-Frankovsk Region, and other parts of the country. Ukrainian media have claimed that some 50% of residents are currently without electricity in Ternopol Region.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has also confirmed that the overnight strike was conducted “in part” as a response to the ATACMS attack on Taganrog.
The day before, he had warned that Russia would retaliate in a way that would be “deemed appropriate” to the attack on the airfield.