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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Apr 9, 2022, 03:07 PM Apr 2022

Russia strikes Ukrainian airbase, destroying aircraft and an ammunition depot

Russian forces have destroyed an ammunition depot and two aircraft at the Myrhorod Air Base in central-eastern Ukraine, reported Reuters, quoting Russian sources.

Writing on his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Dmytro Lunin, confirmed there had been a Russian attack resulting in"significant damage" cause, and two people had been injured but gave no further details,

Reuters report that a Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter jet and a Mi-8 helicopter were destroyed in the attack, according to the ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov, per the independent Russian news service, Interfax.

The site also reports that Konashenkov said that another ammunition depot was destroyed near Novomoskovsk, 124 miles east of Myrhorod.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-strikes-ukrainian-airbase-destroying-aircraft-and-an-ammunition-depot-say-reports/ar-AAW1YNm

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Russia strikes Ukrainian airbase, destroying aircraft and an ammunition depot (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
I haven't heard from the Ukrainians about that and they are usually honest about stuff . .. .. Lovie777 Apr 2022 #1
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