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Russian Forces Strike Ukrainian Military and Energy Infrastructure, Including With Kinzhal Missiles
Russian Forces Strike Ukrainian Military and Energy Infrastructure, Including With Kinzhal Missiles
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Russian military launched mass precision strikes at Ukrainian defense industry and related energy industry targets overnight using Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, as well as ground- and sea-launched weapons and long-range drones, in response to Kiev's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia.
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The Russian forces continue eliminating Ukrainian troops trapped in the city of Dimitrov and mopping up troops in the settlements of Svetloye and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.The Russian forces have also thwarted an attempt by the Ukrainian armed forces to break into the northern suburbs of the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in the DPR, eliminating over 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks and up to 20 motorcycles.Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated more than 480 Ukrainian military personnel, three tanks and four armored vehicles in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.Russia's Battlegroup Vostok has improved its tactical position and eliminated up to 230 Ukrainian soldiers, while Battlegroup Zapad has eliminated more than 220 Ukrainian servicepeople and two tanks during the same period, the ministry added.Russia's Battlegroup Sever has eliminated up to 200 Ukrainian servicepeople, Russia's Battlegroup Yug has eliminated up to 190 Ukrainian soldiers, while Battlegroup Dnepr group of forces has eliminated up to 35 Ukrainian military personnel, the ministry said.Over the past day, Russia's air defense systems have shot down two US-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 169 fixed-wing drones, while its aviation, artillery and missile forces have inflicted damage on Ukrainian port infrastructure and manpower clusters."Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the facilities of Ukrainian port infrastructure used in the interests of the AFU, ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas," the statement read.According to the ministry, the Russian forces have destroyed a total of 669 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 102,347 drones, 639 air defense missile systems, 26,524 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,630 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) vehicles, 31,872 field artillery guns and mortars and 48,940 support military vehicles.
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russian military, mass precision strikes at ukrainian defense industry, kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile, energy infrastructure
Russian Forces Strike Ukrainian Military and Energy Infrastructure, Including With Kinzhal Missiles
10:46 GMT 13.12.2025 (Updated: 11:40 GMT 13.12.2025) Russian military launched mass precision strikes at Ukrainian defense industry and related energy industry targets overnight using Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, as well as ground- and sea-launched weapons and long-range drones, in response to Kiev's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia.
The Russian forces continue eliminating Ukrainian troops trapped in the city of Dimitrov and mopping up troops in the settlements of Svetloye and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"Battlegroup Tsentr continued eliminating surrounded formations of the Ukrainian armed forces in Dimitrov's Eastern and Western microdistricts and mopping up the settlements of Svetloye and Grishino, in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said in a statement.
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Russian forces have also thwarted an attempt by the Ukrainian armed forces to break into the northern suburbs of the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in the DPR, eliminating over 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks and up to 20 motorcycles.
Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated more than 480 Ukrainian military personnel, three tanks and four armored vehicles in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"In total, the enemy lost over 480 soldiers, three tanks, four armored combat vehicles and three motor vehicles in this area," the ministry said in a statement.
Russia's Battlegroup Vostok has improved its tactical position and eliminated up to 230 Ukrainian soldiers, while Battlegroup Zapad has eliminated more than 220 Ukrainian servicepeople and two tanks during the same period, the ministry added.
Russia's Battlegroup Sever has eliminated up to 200 Ukrainian servicepeople, Russia's Battlegroup Yug has eliminated up to 190 Ukrainian soldiers, while Battlegroup Dnepr group of forces has eliminated up to 35 Ukrainian military personnel, the ministry said.
Over the past day, Russia's air defense systems have shot down two US-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 169 fixed-wing drones, while its aviation, artillery and missile forces have inflicted damage on Ukrainian port infrastructure and manpower clusters.
"Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on the facilities of Ukrainian port infrastructure used in the interests of the AFU, ammunition depots, temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas," the statement read.
According to the ministry, the Russian forces have destroyed a total of 669 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 102,347 drones, 639 air defense missile systems, 26,524 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,630 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) vehicles, 31,872 field artillery guns and mortars and 48,940 support military vehicles.
