Russia hits 144 Ukrainian targets as Kiev strikes Russian “shadow fleet” tankers

MOSCOW/KIEV, July 7– Russia said on Tuesday that its armed forces struck Ukrainian port facilities, energy infrastructure, logistics centers and temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 144 areas overnight, while Kiev claimed attacks on a group of eight fuel tankers of the Russian so-called “shadow fleet” in the Sea of Azov.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the strikes were conducted with operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missiles and artillery. Russian forces also seized the settlement of Petro-Ivanovka in the Kharkov region, according to the statement.