Defense Ministry confirms Ukrainian strikes on Lugansk with Storm Shadow missiles

The Ukrainian military fired Storm Shadow missiles at Lugansk, although the British authorities had previously said that these weapons would not be used against civilian targets. This was announced on Saturday by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Lugansk has undergone missile attack on the evening of May 12. As it became known earlier, the shelling of the city was carried out by Storm Shadow missiles of Anglo-French production. The Russian military department confirmed this information.

“Combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force launched a missile attack on the Polypak polymer products enterprise and the Milam meat processing plant in the city of Luhansk. Storm Shadow air-to-air missiles supplied to the Kiev regime by Great Britain were used for the strike, contrary to London’s statements that these weapons would not be used against civilian targets,” the statement reads. message departments about the course of the special operation.

They added that as a result of the impact, a fire started on the territory of the enterprises, and nearby residential buildings were destroyed. Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 aircraft that was carrying out a missile attack on Luhansk and a MiG-29 fighter that was covering it. Six children were injured during the shelling of the city, and State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky was also injured.

May 13 Lugansk second time was shelled in a day, Leonid Pasechnik, acting head of the LPR, reported.

On May 11, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed that the kingdom is supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles with a range of more than 250 km. According to a CNN source, Kyiv assured London that the missiles would not be used to attack other regions of the Russian Federation.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine has been going on since February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, its goals. During the special operation, Russian troops took full control of the LPR, as well as most of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Subsequently, these territories became part of Russia. Since October 19 last year, martial law has been introduced in the regions.