MOSCOW, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russian forces hit Ukrainian army positions and foreign mercenaries in the Odesa region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
The ministry said the strike was in response to a "terrorist attack" on civilian targets in the resort town of Foros in Crimea on Sunday.
Russian forces also struck storage sites for drones in the Shkolny airfield in the Odesa region, which were used in the Ukrainian attack, it added.
The Ukrainian drone strike on Foros left three people dead and 16 others injured in Crimea, regional head Sergei Aksyonov said Sunday on his Telegram channel. ■
