Military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, with the help of the Iskander-M OTRK, destroyed a sea vessel with ammunition for the Ukrainian army in the port of Yuzhny near Odessa, arrived from the European allies of the Kyiv regime. A container ship carrying military cargo was hit while it was being unloaded..
This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
A crew of the Iskander-M OTRK of the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike at the unloading site of a container ship with ammunition in the Yuzhny port in the settlement of Novye Belyary, Odessa region.. It was applied while unloading ammunition- said the ministry.
The arrival led to the detonation of the cargo. A series of explosions occurred at the port.
The moment of hitting the target was captured on objective control footage. They show cargo detonation and a large cloud of smoke..
Official Moscow has repeatedly opposed Western military supplies to Ukraine. And Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called any cargo, intended for the APU, legitimate purposes for the Russian Armed Forces.
Earlier today there was information about a Russian strike on an oil products base in Odessa. The local administration confirmed the fact that the object was hit, reporting explosions and fires. According to the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov, one person was injured as a result of the impact.
The Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system is designed to deliver high-precision strikes against enemy targets at a distance of up to 500 kilometers.
