Russian Defense Ministry: "Northern Ukraine Ammunition Depot and Fuel Base Destroyed by Cruise Missiles"

A shoe factory in Dnipro, a key city in east-central Ukraine, lies in ruins after a missile attack by Russian forces. (Reuters=Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] There are claims that Russian forces destroyed ammunition depots and fuel bases in northern and southern Ukraine using cruise missiles.

On the 26th, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated in a press release, "During the previous day, we destroyed an ammunition and weapons depot in the Velikikorovintsi area of Zhytomyr Oblast (northern Ukraine) using the sea-launched precision cruise missile 'Kalibr'." The Ministry added that the Kalibr missile was launched from a small missile ship belonging to the Black Sea Fleet.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also explained, "We destroyed a fuel base in Mykolaiv Oblast in southern Ukraine, which was supplying fuel to Ukrainian forces, using the precision cruise missile 'Oniks'."

The Kalibr is an anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile launched from surface ships and submarines. The Oniks is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile also used to strike ground targets.

As Russian forces have slowed their ground advance, they are conducting operations focusing on striking key military facilities across Ukraine using cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.

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