Russia said on Friday that its armed forces had struck Ukrainian targets including military-industrial and energy infrastructure, while Ukraine, on the same day, reported hitting a port and an oil refinery in Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its latest report that in response to Ukrainian forces' attacks on Russian civil facilities over the past week, the Russian military carried out one massive strike and four group strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and their associated energy infrastructure, as well as Ukrainian military transportation infrastructure, military airfields, and production workshops for long-range attack drones.
Russian air defense systems shot down five long-range "Neptune" cruise missiles, one U.S.-made HIMARS rocket, and 1,120 Ukrainian drones, the ministry said.
Forces of Russia's Black Sea Fleet also destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned boats in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, it added.
In addition, the Russian military captured seven settlements in areas including Krasnoarmiisk (known as Pokrovsk in Ukraine) and Volchansk, said the ministry.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that by Friday afternoon, 106 battles had taken place on the frontlines with the fighting in the direction of Pokrovsk being the fiercest.
Furthermore, the Ukrainian forces attacked a port in southern Russia's Krasnodar region and an oil refinery in the country's Samara region, the Ukrainian side said.
Russia strikes Ukrainian military, energy infrastructure, Ukraine hits Russian port
