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Russian missile strike hits Ukraine aeronautics firm: Zelensky

By AFP

August 5, 2023 11:45 PM


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A Russian missile strike on Saturday hit a facility of the Ukrainian aeronautics group Motor Sich, one of several companies requisitioned by the government since Moscow's invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

"Today there was another Russian missile attack against our country. Kinzhals, Calibers. They hit Motor Sich" near Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine, around 300 kilometres (190 miles) southwest of Kyiv, Zelensky said in his evening address.

Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow's ships was hit in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian security source told AFP on Saturday.

It was the latest attack around the Black Sea since Moscow exited a deal last month that had protected Ukrainian grain exports despite the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

"Overnight the (Ukrainian Security Service) SBU blew up the 'SIG', a large oil tanker belonging to the Russian Federation that was transporting fuel for Russian troops," the Ukrainian source said.

The tanker SIG was hit at around 11:20 pm (2020 GMT) on Friday south of the Kerch Strait, Russia's Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport said.

The ship suffered a hole at the waterline in the area of the engine room but is afloat, the agency said.

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