<p>Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had hit military targets in two Ukrainian port cities overnight in what it called "a mass revenge strike," a day after an attack on the Crimean bridge which it blamed on Kyiv.</p>.<p>The ministry said it had struck Odesa, where the Ukrainian navy has a facility, and Mykolaiv on Ukraine's Black Sea coast.</p>.<p>"The armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out a mass retaliatory strike overnight using precision sea-based weapons against facilities where terrorist acts against the Russian Federation were being prepared using uncrewed boats," the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russian-forces-on-the-offensive-in-northeast-say-ukraine-officials-1238085.html">Russian forces on the offensive in northeast, say Ukraine officials</a></strong></p>.<p>It said it had struck a ship repair plant near Odesa where such boats were being built.</p>.<p>"In addition, storage facilities holding around 70,000 tons of fuel used to supply the Ukrainian military's equipment were destroyed" near the cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa, it said.</p>.<p>It said all the targets had been struck and destroyed, citing fires and detonations as evidence.</p>.<p>Reuters could not independently confirm the account.</p>.<p>Ukraine's air force said earlier that six Kalibr cruise missiles and 31 out of 36 drones had been shot down, mostly over the coastal Odesa and Mykolaiv regions in the south.</p>.<p>A Russian couple was killed and their 14-year-old daughter wounded on Monday in what Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack that knocked out the road part of the bridge linking Russia to Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.</p>.<p>Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack. Ukrainian media said Ukrainian security services had used naval drones to attack the bridge - which had only recently returned to full operation after suffering severe damage in a similar attack last October. </p>
<p>Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had hit military targets in two Ukrainian port cities overnight in what it called "a mass revenge strike," a day after an attack on the Crimean bridge which it blamed on Kyiv.</p>.<p>The ministry said it had struck Odesa, where the Ukrainian navy has a facility, and Mykolaiv on Ukraine's Black Sea coast.</p>.<p>"The armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out a mass retaliatory strike overnight using precision sea-based weapons against facilities where terrorist acts against the Russian Federation were being prepared using uncrewed boats," the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russian-forces-on-the-offensive-in-northeast-say-ukraine-officials-1238085.html">Russian forces on the offensive in northeast, say Ukraine officials</a></strong></p>.<p>It said it had struck a ship repair plant near Odesa where such boats were being built.</p>.<p>"In addition, storage facilities holding around 70,000 tons of fuel used to supply the Ukrainian military's equipment were destroyed" near the cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa, it said.</p>.<p>It said all the targets had been struck and destroyed, citing fires and detonations as evidence.</p>.<p>Reuters could not independently confirm the account.</p>.<p>Ukraine's air force said earlier that six Kalibr cruise missiles and 31 out of 36 drones had been shot down, mostly over the coastal Odesa and Mykolaiv regions in the south.</p>.<p>A Russian couple was killed and their 14-year-old daughter wounded on Monday in what Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack that knocked out the road part of the bridge linking Russia to Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.</p>.<p>Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack. Ukrainian media said Ukrainian security services had used naval drones to attack the bridge - which had only recently returned to full operation after suffering severe damage in a similar attack last October. </p>