Ukraine launches one of the largest missile and drone attacks of war into Russia
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Moscow say Kyiv fired six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 146 drones. Ukraine has launched one of the largest missile and drone attacks on Russia in its nearly three-year war, striking multiple Russian military targets – with Moscow cliaming both US and UK long-range missiles had been involved.
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Ukrainian forces launched a “massive attack” that hit multiple targets in Russia‘s Engels, Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, and Tula. Andriy Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine’s official Centre Against Disinformation, told Ukrainian TV that the strikes had targeted weapon production plants, oil refineries and warehouses.
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The Ukrainian General Staff said it had struck as deep as 1,100 km (680 miles) inside Russia, targeting oil storage, refinery, chemical and ammunition plants in the Bryansk, Saratov, Tula and Tatarstan regions. The drone attack struck a munitions storage facility holding guided bombs and missiles at the Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov region as well as other targets, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine told Reuters.
The attack caused a large fire at the Aleksinsky chemical plant in the Tula region, a fire at the Saratovsky oil refinery and the Bryansk chemical plant was also hit, the source added. Ukrainian officials said the Saratov attack, which stretched over several days, “reduced the capabilities of (Russia’s) strategic aviation.”.
