MOSCOW, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russian troops have taken control of the settlement of Podoly in the Kharkov region after active offensive operations, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
During the operations, Russian operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs, and missile and artillery troops hit production and assembly workshops for long-range drones, their storage sites, ammunition depots, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries across 156 locations, according to the ministry.
The ministry added that Russian air defense systems downed one guided aerial bomb and 210 fixed-wing drones. ■
