MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russian troops delivered a massive overnight precision strike by Kinzhal missiles on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy sites in response to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"In response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive overnight strike by ground-based and seaborne precision weapons, Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic ballistic missiles and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector and their energy facilities. The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit," the ministry said in a statement.

Kiev loses 1,355 troops along engagement line in past day - latest figures

The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,355 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry.

The latest figures show that the Ukrainian army lost roughly 200 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, over 220 troops, two tanks and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and about 190 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.