Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksei Reznikov has raised to 16,000 the number of missile attacks launched by the Russian Armed Forces in the framework of the war, which started at the end of February, more than nine months ago.
According to the balance provided by Reznikov, the vast majority of the Russian offensives – at least 12,300 of the attacks – have targeted urban areas and settlements on Ukrainian territory.
Thus, with these data, the Minister of Defense has indicated that around 97 percent of the Russian attacks have hit civilian targets, as reported by the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.
Of the total number of missile attacks, about 500 were aimed at military facilities, another 250 at transport infrastructure and more than 220 were aimed at energy facilities.
«Ukraine will win and will bring the war criminals to justice,» the Ukrainian Defense representative has asserted.
