The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement today reporting that Russia launched another retaliatory strike on Ukrainian military targets overnight on June 8-9. Russian forces, the statement said, “launched a massive high-precision strike by long-range air-to-surface weapons on one of the AFU tactical aviation airfields near Dubno in Rovno region” (about 340km west of Kiev). The statement added that “The attack was one of the retaliatory strikes in response to the terrorist attacks conducted by the Kiev regime on Russian military airfields,” the first time an attack has been identified in this way.
“In addition, the high-precision strike by long-range air-to-surface weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles struck enterprises producing weapons and military hardware, assembly workshops for attack drones as well as ammunition, weapons, and military hardware depots of the AFU,” the statement continued.
