Ukraine destroyed a large ammunition depot in the rear of Russia

Satellite imagery shows heavy damage from strike on Russian-occupied Rykovo

Ukraine hit a 'significant' ammunition depot in Russian-New satellite imagery showed the occupied village deep behind the front line.

The imagery shows extensive damage to a suspected supply depot at Rykovo, more than 70 miles from the front line in southern Kherson region.

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“It was a very important ammunition depot. It has been destroyed,” the Odessa military department said.

Images published by Planet Labs show that a number of warehouse buildings have been razed to the ground, and the neighboring railway has been completely destroyed.

Rykov is located on the railway between the occupied Crimea and Melitopol.

The village where people lived before the war about 4,000 people, is considered an important logistical hub for Russian troops. .

The strike may have been aimed at disrupting Russian lines of communication as the Ukrainian counter-offensive gathers momentum.

The Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles donated by British forces to Kyiv have a typical range of 155 miles. , allowing Ukraine to strike deep behind the lines.

GMLRS missiles, which Ukraine fires from its Himars and M270 multiple launch rocket systems, are typically described as having a range of around 50 miles.

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On Tuesday, Russia said Ukraine plans to strike Crimea, illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, with Himars and Storm Shadow missiles.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said: «The use of these missiles outside the special operation zone will mean the full involvement of the United States and Great Britain in the conflict and will entail immediate strikes on decision-making centers on the territory of Ukraine.»

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials warned that Russian forces were still trying to advance despite Kiev's counter-offensive.

In its daily report on Tuesday, the Ukrainian General Staff said that Moscow forces launched «offensive operations» in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The report says that Russian troops attacked villages located near the city of Liman Donetsk region. and in other areas.

Ukrainian military fire on Russian positions near Bakhmut. Photo: Anadolu agency

Russia has made limited gains around the towns of Svatovo and Kremennaya in neighboring Luhansk Oblast, according to a report by the American think tank Institute for the Study of War.

Russians also have their own lines of attack, and they too go on the offensive,” said Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.

Her boss, Oleksiy Reznikov, Ukrainian Defense Minister, said on Tuesday that the counteroffensive would be much slower than the quick gains made in September last year, when Kiev forces liberated most of the Kharkiv region in a few weeks.

He said that Ukraine's armed forces fought the terrain, bad weather and the Russian enemy, which is well prepared to defend the occupied territories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Monday: “In some areas, our soldiers are moving forward; in some areas they defend their positions and repulse assaults and intensifying attacks by the invaders.