MOSCOW, AUG 31 :  Russia destroyed a depot of missile and artillery weapons and materiel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy Region with a strike from an Iskander missile system, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

“During reconnaissance activities in the area of the locality of Nizhnyaya Syrovatka, 5 kilometers south of the city of Sumy, the Russian Armed Forces discovered a large depot of missile and artillery weapons (ammunition) and materiel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“After a thorough analysis of the intelligence data received and confirmation of the activity of Ukrainian nationalist units in the area, a decision was made to carry out a pinpoint strike on a military facility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the ministry said.
As a result of the strike carried out by a crew of the Iskander-M missile system of the Russian Armed Forces, a hangar with artillery ammunition and weapons was destroyed. Objective control means at the facility observed a prolonged repeated detonation and its subsequent complete burnout, the ministry said.(UNI)