MOSCOW 

Russia said Friday that its forces had hit 81 more Ukrainian military infrastructure targets overnight.

Three shipments of foreign military equipment were destroyed with high-precision weaponry at railway stations in Pokrovsk, Slavyansk, and Barvenkovo, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a press briefing in Moscow.

He also said that a training center for foreign mercenaries was destroyed near the port city of Odessa with missiles fired from its sea-based Bastion system.

The air defense systems shot down Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters and five unmanned aerial vehicles, Konashenkov said.

The aviation hit 81 military objects, including two control points, an Osa air defense system launcher, three multiple launch rocket systems installations, nine strongholds, and 59 areas of concentration of military equipment, he added.

Since the start of the war, he said, 97 helicopters have been destroyed, along with 421 unmanned aerial vehicles, 228 long- and medium-range air defense systems, 2,019 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 223 multiple rocket launchers, 874 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 1,917 units of special military vehicles.

The Russia-Ukraine war, which started on Feb. 24, has drawn international outrage, with the EU, US, and UK, among others, implementing tough financial sanctions on Moscow.

At least 1,611 civilians have been killed in Ukraine and 2,227 injured, according to UN estimates, with the true figure feared to be far higher.

More than 4.3 million Ukrainians have fled to other countries, with millions more internally displaced, according to the UN refugee agency.