Russian-backed authorities accuse Ukraine of damaging civilian infrastructure and killing seven people
Kyiv said Tuesday it launched artillery barrages that destroyed a Russian arms depot and carried out a "special operation" to free military captives in the Moscow-controlled Kherson region.
The bombardments in the south came as Washington and the European Union announced nearly $3 billion combined for Ukraine, and as Turkey said delegations from Moscow and Kyiv would meet in Istanbul this week to discuss restarting stalled grain deliveries across the Black Sea.
Ukrainian military officials said the strikes destroyed artillery, armored vehicles, "and a warehouse with ammunition" in the town of Nova Kakhovka.
Russian-backed authorities accused Ukraine, however, of damaging civilian infrastructure and killing at least seven people, a toll that could not be independently verified.
Warehouses were hit, as were shops, a pharmacy, petrol stations, and even a church," the head of the Nova Kakhovka's Moscow-backed administration, Vladimir Leontiev, said on social media.
The deputy head of the pro-Russian authorities in Kherson, Ekaterina Gubareva, said Ukraine used long-range, precision artillery systems supplied by the United States in the strikes in Nova Kakhovka.
Russia Says It Destroyed Two US-Supplied HIMARS Rocket Systems In Ukraine
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Russia’s defense ministry announced Wednesday that its forces operating in Ukraine have destroyed two US-supplied rocket systems recently transferred to Ukrainian forces under authorization of the Biden administration.
In particular, Moscow is claiming it took out a pair of advanced High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), which have served to greatly expand the targeting range of the Ukrainian army. Earlier in the war, Russia vowed to attack any foreign supplied weapons or convoys it finds on the battlefield, further saying it would hold the supplying nations "responsible".
Further according to Reuters, citing the Russian military:
It also said Russian forces destroyed two ammunition depots storing rockets for the HIMARS near the frontline in a village south of Kramatorsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region - the main focus for Russian troops following the capture of Luhansk over the weekend.
The ministry released video footage which it said showed the strike. Reuters could not independently verify the strike.
One war analyst, Samuel Ramani, commented that the Kremlin claim "underscores Russia's desire to specifically target HIMARS shipments from the US to Ukraine."
It also inches Russia and the US closer to potential direct conflict, given the likelihood that Russian forces appear to be actively hunting any foreign-supplied weaponry, especially longer range rocket systems
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