Moscow, March 25 (AFP/APP):Russia said Friday it had destroyed thelargest remaining military fuel storage site in Ukraine, attacking itwith Kalibr cruise missiles.
“On the evening of March 24, Kalibr high-precision sea-based cruisemissiles attacked a fuel base in the village of Kalynivka near Kyiv,”the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said it was Ukraine’s largest remaining military fuelstorage facility, supplying troops in the central part of thepro-Western country.
The announcement came on the 29th day of what Moscow has termed a”special military operation” in Ukraine, with thousands killed andmore than 10 million displaced.
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Since the start of Moscow’s military action in Ukraine, Russian troopshave destroyed more than 260 drones, over 1,580 tanks and otherarmoured vehicles and 204 anti-aircraft weapons systems, the ministrysaid.
While Ukrainian forces have stalled the initial Russian invasion andeven launched some successful counterattacks, there are early signsthat both sides are digging in for a long and bloody war that neithercan easily win.
