The Ukrainian armed forces attacked on Saturday the settlement of Yubileiny in Lugansk using a Storm Shadow cruise missile produced by the UK and France, according to a statement released by the LPR’s (Lugansk People’s Republic) mission to the Joint Center for Coordination and Control of issues related to Ukrainian war crimes.
"On May 13, 2023, at 9:15 a.m. the Ukrainian armed forces carried out a missile strike on the settlement of Yubileiny of the city of Lugansk (LPR) using one Storm Shadow cruise missile (produced by the UK and France)," the statement reads.
Andrey Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel in the People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), said that the Ukrainian armed forces used Storm Shadow cruise missiles according to preliminary data.
The LPR’s mission to the Joint Center for Coordination and Control of issues related to Ukrainian war crimes preliminarily said on Friday that the Ukrainians could have used the Grom missile system. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on Thursday that London was sending Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles to Kiev.
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Ukraine’s air forces have attacked two civil enterprises in the city of Lugansk using Storm Shadow missiles, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Saturday, adding that the attack caused casualties, including six children.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian aerospace forces downed both the Su-24 that carried out the attack and the MiG-29 fighter that covered it, Konashenkov added.
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Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian aircraft had struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by Britain.
ReplyDeleteИстребители Воздушно-космических сил России сбили украинский самолет Су-24, наносивший ракетный удар по Луганску, и прикрывавший его истребитель Миг-29. Об этом заявил официальный представитель Министерства обороны России Игорь Конашенков.
ReplyDeleteУкраинский Су-24 для удара использовал британские ракеты Storm Shadow. При этом Лондон заверял, что данные ракеты не будут применять против гражданских объектов. Однако украинские боевики направили их на предприятие полимерных изделий «Полипак» и мясоперерабатывающий комбинат «Милам». Пострадали и близлежащие жилые дома.