MOSCOW, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian military has carried out 49 retaliatory strikes with high-precision weapons from March 16-22 in response to Ukrainian attacks, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
The strikes are in response to the Ukraine shelling of Russian territory and attempts to break through and capture Russian border settlements, the ministry said in a statement.
As a result of the strikes, decision-making centers of the Ukrainian armed forces, airfield infrastructure facilities, workshops for the repair of weapons and military equipment, storage warehouses for UAVs and unmanned boats, logistics bases, as well as temporary deployment points for special operations forces and foreign mercenaries were hit, the ministry added. ■
