MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated four communities in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Zaporozhye Regions over the week of December 13-19 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"Battlegroup East units continued advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Peschanoye and Gerasimovka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region and Varvarovka in the Zaporozhye Region through decisive operations. <…> Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Novoplatonovka in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian forces delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy sites over the past week in response to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities, the ministry reported.
"In response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, on December 13-19 the Russian Armed Forces delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons, including Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic ballistic missiles, hitting enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector and their energy facilities, transport and port infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations," the ministry said.
