Moscow declares Western arms depot in Odessa destroyed

“The Supersonic Oniks missile destroyed a Ukrainian hangar with weapons and ammunition received from the US and European countries,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told a news conference. daily. He added that another runway was also destroyed.

The ministry also released a video of the rocket launch. The exact time of the launch is unknown, but the governor of the Odessa region, Maxim Marchenko, announced on April 30 that a Russian missile “Bastion, launched from Crimea” destroyed the runway at an Odessa airport newly built.

Konashenkov also told a press conference that seven Ukrainian military targets were hit by air strikes, of which Moscow used two batteries of S-300 air defense missiles near the cities of Zaporozhye and Artemovsk.

Last week, Russia announced that it had destroyed a logistics center in Odessa where a shipment of foreign weapons was being stored. In response, Ukraine claimed that several Russian missiles hit residential buildings, killing civilians.

Both Russia and Ukraine deny attacking civilian targets and accuse each other of war crimes.

After Russia began conducting a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, the US, NATO and the European Union (EU) increased the supply of weapons to Ukraine. In the middle of last week, US President Joe Biden asked the National Assembly of this country to provide emergency assistance of 33 billion USD for Ukraine.

Since the end of February 2022, Germany has also committed to supply arms to Ukraine. After that, the country transferred about 2,500 anti-aircraft missiles, 900 anti-tank missile launchers, 3,000 rockets, 100 machine guns … to help Kiev defend against Russian attacks. However, Germany has not yet supplied heavy weapons such as tanks, cannons and armored vehicles to Ukraine.

Russia has repeatedly objected to the West’s continuous sending of weapons to Ukraine, accusing it of having a significant impact on the peace negotiation process. Moscow also warned against targeting foreign arms convoys passing through Ukraine.