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Russian armed forces destroy ammunition plant in Kyiv region

Xinhua | Updated: 2022-04-17 21:43
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A firefighter works inside a damaged building in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 23, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]

MOSCOW - Russia's forces have destroyed an ammunition plant in Ukraine's Kyiv region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.

"During the night, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed an ammunition factory near Brovary (city) in the Kyiv region," ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a daily briefing.

He added that 29 militants, including foreign mercenaries, were eliminated during the rescue of Russian hostages from a mosque in Mariupol city in eastern Ukraine.

The ministry said Russian forces have destroyed 134 aircraft, 249 anti-aircraft missile systems, 470 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,290 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 254 multiple rocket launchers, 992 field artillery and mortars, and 2,166 units of special military vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian forces.

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