Russia says 5 killed as Kyiv claims it struck missile electronics plant
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Smoke billowing from a production plant on June 22 following a Ukrainian attack in Voronzeh, Russia.
PHOTO: REUTERS
KYIV - Ukrainian missiles struck Russia’s south-western city of Voronezh on June 22 and killed five people, as Kyiv said it had hit a plant making key components for Iskander and other missiles.
“Five people were killed as a result of the missile attack on the city. Several dozen people sought medical attention, but most have already been sent home after receiving medical care,” regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
He said an “industrial facility on the left bank of Voronezh, where a fire broke out, sustained the most significant damage”, without naming the facility.
Ukraine’s General Staff earlier on June 22 said its forces had “carried out successful strikes on an enterprise producing components for Russian missiles in the city of Voronezh”.
It said it “used high-precision, air-launched cruise missiles” to hit “a critical component of the Russian military-industrial complex”.
“It manufactures electronic components heavily relied upon by Russian missile programmes, including the Iskander missile system,” the Ukrainian General Staff said.
The strike “will significantly degrade Russia’s capacity to manufacture new missiles”, the statement added.
Russia has been hitting Ukraine with near-daily barrages of missiles and drones throughout its full-scale offensive launched in February 2022.
Kyiv has called its own strikes a fair retribution for the pummelling and frequently said it targets military sites as well as oil processing and exporting facilities to dent Russia’s war chest.
Both sides have intensified attacks in recent weeks, as US-led talks on ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II remain effectively frozen. AFP
