Russia said on Saturday that it delivered strikes on Ukrainian troops in multiple directions and controlled three more settlements over the past day, while Ukraine on Saturday confirmed a drone attack on an oil pumping station in Russia's Chuvash Region.
Russian Armed Forces launched offensives in directions including Kharkov, Donetsk, and Zaporozhye, and controlled two settlements in Donetsk and one settlement in Dnepropetrovsk during the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said, noting that Russian air defenses also shot down 131 drones.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday reported 186 combat engagements on the frontline.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia deployed 115 unmanned aerial vehicles to attack multiple areas in Ukraine from Friday evening to Saturday morning, and Ukrainian air defense forces downed 97 of them.
According to Ukrainian media reports on Saturday, Ukraine's Security Service said that operations at the Tynogovato oil pumping station in Russia's Chuvash Republic were suspended after being damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on the day.
Chuvash Region's governor Oleg Nikolayev confirmed the Ukrainian drone attack on the oil pumping station and the suspension of the facility's operations.
Russia controls 3 more settlements, Ukraine strikes oil pumping station
