Defence Ministry: Russia strikes at Ukraine’s aircraft parking areas and airbase infrastructure

The Russian Defence Ministry has said that Russia delivered a strike against aircraft parking areas and airbase infrastructure of the Ukrainian army, a stationing point of mercenaries and preparatory sites for unmanned surface vessels on June 12 morning.

"The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike on June 12 morning by long-range high-accuracy airborne and surface armament and by unmanned aerial vehicles against aircraft parking bays and the infrastructure of the Ukrainian airbase and against a temporary stationing point of foreign mercenaries, areas for preparation of unmanned surface vessels for use, ammunition and explosive depots," the ministry said, according to TASS.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 600 servicemen and five ammunition depots in the responsibility zone of the Russian Battlegroup South, the ministry added.