MOSCOW – Russian forces have destroyed an ammunition depot at the Myrhorod Air Base in central-eastern Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, quoting Russia’s Defence Ministry.
A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter and a Mi-8 helicopter were also destroyed in the attack on the base in the Poltava region, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
He added according to Reuters that a large ammunition depot was also destroyed near the city of Novomoskovsk in the central-eastern Dnipro region.
Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine on Feb. 24 for what it calls a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine.
Ukraine on Saturday called on civilians in the eastern Luhansk region to flee from Russian shelling after officials said more than 50 civilians trying to evacuate by rail from a neighbouring region were killed in a missile attack.
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