Photo: ZAPORIZHZHYA NPP/REUTERS / Deutsche Welle
“Hangars with a large amount of foreign weapons and ammunition, delivered to the Ukrainian forces by the United States and European countries, were destroyed with Kalbir high-precision missiles, fired from the sea at the factory of aluminum from Zaporizhia,” in southeastern Ukraine, the ministry said in a statement. But he did not specify which weapons were destroyed in the attack.
The military spokesman, Igor Konashénkov, also stated that the operational-tactical and military aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 67 Ukrainian military installations overnight, including 50 concentration areas of soldiers and Ukrainian military equipment, and four warehouses with weapons and ammunition.
They also shot down a Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system in the Sloviansk area, he added. Konashenkov also pointed out that, as a result of these attacks, Russia killed more than 120 “nationalists” and destroyed 35 vehicles and armored vehicles.
The Strategic Rocket Forces and Artillery in turn completed during the night a total of 537 missions in Ukraine, during which they attacked 432 areas of concentration of soldiers and military equipment, 67 artillery positions, two batteries of multiple launch rocket systems and seven ammunition depots, he indicated.
Russia advances in eastern Ukraine
The announcement comes after the meeting, on Tuesday, of representatives of some 40 countries in Germany, invited by the United States, to discuss how to strengthen defense from Ukraine. The United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Czech Republic initially refused to supply offensive weapons to kyiv, but changed their position.
For their part, the Ukrainian Army recognized this Wednesday (27.04.2022) that Russian forces were advancing in the east of the country, taking several towns in the Kharkov and Donbas regions. For the time being, the Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented on this information.
Russia reports military advances in the east and south of Ukraine.
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Russia has launched against Ukraine, since the invasion began last 24 February, more than 1.300 missiles, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said in a local television program, the agency reported. Ukrinform.
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