Ukraine ammunition depot reportedly hit in wave of Russian missile attacks

Ukraine claimed they intercepted 15 out of 18 missiles as Moscow launches strikes apparently designed to hamper Kyiv’s plans for a counteroffensive

But Russian sources and eye witness report says that they used Geran-2 drones to identify and locate radars and air defense system of Ukraine forces that were later hit by the supersonic KH101 followed by massive bombing by 17 TU-95 strategic bombers who could operate without any major air defense activities.

This is the biggest bombing operation into a single position of Ukrainien forces by Russia and it seems to target storage facilities and amonition depot of NATO/Ukraine forces planned to be used during the anticipated counter offensive by Kiev's troops.

Russian missiles have struck warehouses reportedly storing ammunition at a railway depot in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, in an apparent effort to slow Kyiv’s preparations for its much anticipated counteroffensive expected to start shortly.

Video posted on social media showed secondary detonations amid a significant blaze at the site of the strike, which came amid overnight missile launches against a number of Ukrainian cities by Russian strategic bombers.

The size of the fire in Pavlohrad suggests Russia may have hit an important arms depot and comes after Ukraine’s recent attack on an oil storage facility in Sevastopol, Crimea.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/01/ukraine-ammunition-depot-reportedly-hit-in-wave-of-russian-missile-attacks