Russia strikes Ukrainian military-industrial sites, as Ukraine loses embattled eastern town

Russia said on Tuesday that its armed forces had struck Ukrainian military-industrial sites and energy facilities, while Ukraine, on the same day, reported its troop withdrawal from the embattled eastern town of Siversk.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its latest report that its forces had taken control of the settlement of Prylipka in eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region and Andriivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region over the past 24 hours.

In retaliation for Ukraine's attacks on civilian targets inside Russian, the Russian forces had also conducted a large-scale strike against Ukrainian military-industrial sites and energy infrastructure, using land- and air-based high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, the ministry said.

Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Tuesday that its troops had withdrawn from the embattled eastern town of Siversk in the Donetsk region to "preserve the lives of the Ukrainian soldiers and the combat capability of the units", though heavy fighting was continuing in the Siversk area.

The Ukrainian forces were still carrying out combat missions in the Sloviansk direction, the Ukrainian side said.

Also on Tuesday, the Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia had launched a coordinated strike against energy facilities and other critical infrastructure in Ukraine since 18:00 Monday, and As of 11:30 Tuesday, 34 missiles and 587 drones had been intercepted or neutralized.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said on the same day that due to the Russian attacks, emergency power outages and power restrictions were being implemented in several regions, with Ukrainian nuclear power plants also forced to reduce their output.

The U.S. dollar softened in late trading on Tuesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, dropped 0.35 percent to 97.942 at 15:00 (2000 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.1790 dollars from 1.1755 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound added to 1.3497 dollars from 1.3458 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 156.20 Japanese yen, lower than 156.92 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.7877 Swiss francs from 0.7918 Swiss francs, and it fell to 1.3694 Canadian dollars from 1.3747 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar dropped to 9.1684 Swedish kronor from 9.2396 Swedish kronor.