Russia says its missiles struck an arms depot in the Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye A large batch of weapons and ammunition shipped to Kiev
Russia says its missiles struck an arms depot in the Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye A large batch of weapons and ammunition shipped to Kiev by Western countries was destroyed in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said. A military warehouse set up on the territory of the Zaporozhye industrial aluminum plant was struck by Kalibr missiles, fired from Russian Navy vessels in the Black Sea. The facility hosted “a large batch of foreign weapons and ammunition, supplied by the US and European countries to the Ukrainian army,” the ministry said. Russian warplanes hit 59 Ukrainian military targets overnight, while artillery performed 573 strikes against Kiev forces; 18 drones were also shot down, it added. On Monday, Moscow announced the destruction of six railway hubs in western Ukraine, saying they were used to deliver “foreign weapons and military hardware to the Ukrainian forces.