Russia Strikes Energy Facilities Linked to Ukrainian Military Industry
Visual representation of the trajectories of Russian missiles and drones, Dec. 13, 2024. X/ @FarSight3
December 13, 2024 Hour: 10:18 am
This was the Russian response to the Ukrainian attack with US-supplied ATACMS missiles on a military airfield in Taganrog.
On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that its forces had attacked Ukrainian electrical infrastructure linked to the military industry using drones and supersonic missiles.
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This action was a response to an attack carried out by the regime of President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, when Ukrainian forces used U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles against a military airfield in the city of Taganrog, located in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don province.
Vladimir Rogov, the chairman of the Commission on Sovereignty, Patriotic Projects, and Support for Veterans of the Civic Chamber, stated that Russian forces had damaged a drone production factory in Boryspil, a heavy machinery repair facility in Pereiaslav, and facilities at Kyiv airport where pilots for U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets are being trained.
Ukrainian media also reported explosions at facilities located in the city of Zaporizhzhia and in the provinces of Kharkiv and Odesa. Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed the attacks but did not mention that the targets were electrical infrastructures linked to the military industry.
Following the bombings, the energy company Ukrenergo announced electricity consumption restrictions, adding that it would import power from Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and Moldova.
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian military forces had used six long-range ATACMS missiles against an airfield in Taganrog. Two of the missiles were intercepted, while the others were diverted by electronic warfare systems. Hours later, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov affirmed that Russia would respond to the aggression with appropriate means at a time it deemed fit.
Russia has made it clear that these operations constitute direct attacks against its territory by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as Ukraine lacks the expertise and technical tools necessary to operate such weapons.
Previously, in response to several attacks, Moscow launched a combined strike on November 21 against a military industry company in the city of Dnipro, testing a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, Oreshnik, in a hypersonic configuration without nuclear warheads.
teleSUR/ JF Sources: Sputnik – RT