"On May 12, at around 6:30 p.m. Moscow time the Ukrainian air forces’ combat aircraft carried out a missile strike on the polymer maker Polipak and the meat-processing enterprise Milam in the city of Lugansk. The attack used Storm Shadow air missiles supplied by the UK to the Kiev regime despite London’s statements that those weapons would not be used in attacks on civil facilities. Residential houses in the vicinity were damaged. Casualties were reported, including six children," he said.
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.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday that London was sending long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Kiev, adding that missiles has a range of 250-300 kilometers.
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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.