MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian forces carried out a group strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and drone production and storage sites over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The raids were conducted in response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure inside Russia, the ministry said in a statement.
"All designated targets were hit," it said.
The ministry also said that Russian forces attacked military airfield infrastructure, transport facilities used by Ukrainian forces, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 147 locations.
Additionally, the ministry said Russian air defense systems downed five long-range cruise missiles, six guided aerial bombs, eight rockets fired from U.S.-made HIMARS rocket systems, and 211 fixed-wing drones. ■