Russian armed forces launched a massive strike that night with precision-guided weapons, including Dagger missiles; and drones, at critical sites at airports in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced today, quoted by TASS and Interfax, BTA writes.
"Tonight, the Armed Forces of Russia launched a massive strike with long-range, air-based precision-guided weapons, including the "Dagger" aeroballistic missiles. and combat drones, on critically important objects of the infrastructure of Ukrainian airports. All the intended targets were hit," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
Russian forces have established control over the village of Orlivka in the eastern part of the Donetsk region in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense also announced.
Reuters was unable to independently verify these reports.
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said today that Moscow does not believe that Ukraine planned its entry into the western part of Russia's Kursk region on its own, TASS reported. Without providing evidence, Russia has accused the United States of helping Kiev make its lightning entry into Russian territory on August 6, Reuters notes.