Russia says it hit Ukrainian energy and military-industrial facilities

MOSCOW, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Russian forces carried out a massive strike targeting military-industrial facilities in Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

The strike was a response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, the ministry said.

"Russia's armed forces launched a massive strike with precision ground-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests Ukraine's armed forces and enterprises of the military-industrial complex," the ministry said.

Reuters could not independently confirm battlefield reports.