Alwaght- The Russian defense ministry has revealed the military has used its Kalibr cruise missiles to target an arms and hardware depot in Zhytomyr Region in north-western Ukraine.
The high-precision strike was carried out early on Saturday by an unnamed small missile ship in the Black Sea, obliterating a Ukrainian military facility, RT news of Russia reported.
The Ministry also shared a clip of the vessel firing four missiles into the dark skies in rapid succession.
Kalibr cruise missiles, which have been widely used by Russia during its military operation in Ukraine, exist in several modifications.
They can be fired from ships, submarines and planes, and are used against a variety of land and water-based targets.
Some versions are also capable of going into a supersonic sprint in the final stage of flight, making it increasingly hard for air defense systems to intercept them.
Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in late February following a seven-year standoff over Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the breakaway Donbass republics of Donetsk and Luhansk by President Vladimir Putin on February 21.
Russia has demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join NATO– a declaration that could prevent war.
Another goal of the military operation is to “denazify” the country, according to Moscow.
Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it had been planning to retake the two republics by force. It, however, kept its bid for NATO membership.
