{"id":670666,"date":"2026-01-03T07:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/670666\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T07:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:13:22","slug":"russia-strikes-ukrainian-targets-using-high-precision-armaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/670666\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia strikes Ukrainian targets, using high-precision armaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a4e518df3fc21db053c29901ecab5b09.png\"\/>In this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Dec 27, 2025, a Russian Army soldier launches a drone for an action in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (PHOTO \/ HANDOUT VIA AP)<\/p>\n<p>MOSCOW &#8211; Russian forces struck Ukrainian military-related targets in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian facilities over the past week, Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>From Sunday to Friday, Russian forces conducted one large-scale strike and six coordinated group strikes using high-precision armaments, including the Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes neutralized a range of key targets across Ukraine, including military-industrial enterprises, energy facilities supporting their operations, and transport and port infrastructure backing the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadailyasia.com\/hk\/article\/626459#Ukrainian-president-replaces-defense-minister-2026-01-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ukrainian president replaces defense minister<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ministry further said that Russian forces downed a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter aircraft this week, noting that six guided aerial bombs, two Grom tactical missiles, three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, and 1,662 fixed-wing drones were also destroyed during the period.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Dec 27, 2025,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[332,204203],"class_list":{"0":"post-670666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-russia","9":"tag-ukrainian-air-force-su-27-fighter-aircraft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115829932312762517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}