Russia hits targets in Ukraine’s Lviv with cruise missiles: Russian defense ministry

4 years ago
Russia hits targets in Ukraine’s Lviv with cruise missiles: Russian defense ministry

Russia struck military targets in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv with high-precision cruise missiles, the Russian defense ministry said on Sunday.

Russia hit a fuel depot being used by Ukrainian forces near Lviv with long-range missiles and used cruise missiles to strike a plant in the city being used to repair anti-aircraft systems, radar stations and sights for tanks, the ministry said.

"The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue offensive actions as part of the special military operation," the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

The ministry showed video of the missile strikes in Lviv.

Officials in Lviv, just 60 km (40 miles) from the border with NATO-member Poland, said people had been wounded in the missile attacks.

Russia also used sea-based long-range missiles to destroy an arsenal of S-300 missiles and BUK anti-aircraft missile systems
near Kyiv, the ministry said. Russian forces also destroyed a number of drones, it said.

Russia has started destroying Ukrainian fuel and food storage depots, meaning the government will have to disperse the stocks of both in the near future, Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Vadym Denysenko said on Sunday.


 Russia downs 120 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defense ministry
Previous
Russia downs 120 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defense ministry
Next
Russian air defenses shoot down four drones headed for Moscow: Mayor
 Russian air defenses shoot down four drones headed for Moscow: Mayor