President Zelensky announced that Ukrainian air defense forces had shot down 81 Russian missiles, including 11 missiles shot down by F-16 fighter jets, according to Reuters.
This is one of Russia’s largest attacks targeting Ukraine’s energy system, according to Reuters.
The Russian Defense Ministry later announced that Russia had carried out a major attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in retaliation for Kyiv’s use of US-supplied ATACMS missiles, according to Reuters.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also stated that long-range precision weapons in the air and at sea and UAVs were used against “important facilities of Ukraine’s fuel and energy infrastructure supporting the complex”. military industry”.
Also on December 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov inspected the Eastern Task Force in the area of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, according to TASS News Agency.
“Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov had a meeting at the command center of the Eastern Operational Group, where he listened to the commander’s reports on the current situation, the nature of the enemy’s activities and the complete the combat tasks of the Russian army in combat directions within their scope of responsibility,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Commander of the Eastern Operational Group Andrey Ivanayev reported to Minister Belousov that the group’s units have taken control of an area of more than 300 km2.
There is currently no information about Ukraine’s reaction to the above statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense.